> The US loves throwing poorly determined amounts of money at projects. I'd actually broaden that to say that we love to throw poorly determined sums of money

> The US loves throwing poorly determined amounts of money at projects. I'd actually broaden that to say that we love to throw poorly determined sums of money at idealized end-goals. Well-defined projects, with clear strategic approaches and benchmarks of success, are often missing from the equation, and money is regularly spent on activities that are purely performative, or even counter-productive.