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Here in Australia we have found even more egregious ways of transferring money for failed transport infrastructure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_West_Lin

• sjwright 11y ago
  In summary: sign $5b contracts for a highly politicized white elephant just weeks before a scheduled election where the government will be booted out of office.
  • wycx 11y ago
    ...and write into that contract compensation worth $100s of millions of dollars if a later goverment decides to cancel the project. Also, fail to release the unfavourable cost-benefit analysis.