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Because Switzerland is the size of Maryland. Imagine pouring all federal resources into one cramped state. I thought spamming your own blog was not allowed her
by longislandguido 6mo ago
Because Switzerland is the size of Maryland. Imagine pouring all federal resources into one cramped state.
I thought spamming your own blog was not allowed here.
- kube-system 6mo agoSwitzerland and the US have almost identical government expenditure per capita. Maryland still doesn't have 25 Gbps home internet.
- strictnein 6mo agoThat's kind of their point. A lot of those government expenditures go to things that citizens of Maryland may not want or benefit from.
- kube-system 6mo agoMore federal spending goes to Maryland per capita than the US average per capita. This isn't an an issue of people in Maryland not getting money -- they get robust federal spending and have a robust state budget of their own. This is simply: Americans getting what they vote for, which is notoriously not public infrastructure.
- Havoc 6mo ago>Imagine pouring all federal resources into one cramped state. Bit silly to compare the size of countries but not scaling resources correspondingly.
- Hikikomori 6mo agoSweden managed to build out fiber almost everywhere. Size of California, quite urban, but you'll still have fiber in the rural parts or even your cabin in the woods.
- sumedh 6mo agoAustralia was able to do the same. It had the same US crony capitalism where private companies didnt approve the national broadband fibre network so had to use ADSL for 10 more years but finally a different govt party implemented the fibre network.