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Yes, if there’s one thing government does well, it’s managing things efficiently.
by kortilla 3y ago
Yes, if there’s one thing government does well, it’s managing things efficiently.
- malermeister 3y agoLook at the places with the best railway infrastructure. Almost all of them are government run.
- downrightmike 3y agoOr part of the gov't pension plan.
- panick21_ 3y agoWith existing railroad infrastructure, even if its managed badly on behave of the public the outcome is gone better. The reality is in most of the world, including all the places with the best railway infrastructure the government is managing or tightly controlling the rail road. When I see cities of millions in the US not even have a railroad you really have to ask yourself if the perceived inefficiency of government can make things better anyway.
- downrightmike 3y agoYes, the RR companies are literally stopping trains and having to drive out crews to swap out because the trains are stopped for so long. and the crews have long shifts already.
- UIUC_06 3y agoNot original quote: If the government ran the Sahara, within five years there'd be a shortage of sand.
- whatshisface 3y agoBecause it'd be jungle again? :0
- littlestymaar 3y agoYet we're out of sand[1] without any central planning involved. Government can be stupid and wasteful, but they cannot even dream of being more wasteful than a competitive market. [1]: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191108-why-the-world-is-running-out-of-sand https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191108-why-the-world-is...
- downrightmike 3y agoAnd then there are the thieves stealing whole beaches https://www.npr.org/2022/11/09/1135620650/stolen-beach-sand-black-market-caribbean-jamaica-glass-concrete https://www.npr.org/2022/11/09/1135620650/stolen-beach-sand-...
- gottorf 3y agoMilton Friedman.