8/26 In the old days, the government built great infrastructures like
big dams, power generators, interstate highways, etc. What are some
recent examples of big projects today?
\_ The New Orleans project.
\_ err... our annual highway bill. do you have any idea how much it
is?
\_ The Glorious War Reconstruction Program in Iraq
\- you mean the us govt? obviously with things like dams, there is
a lot more of this in developing countries, e.g. three gorges dam
in china. and in many of the cases above the govt paid for but
didnt build them. a lot of transportation infrastructure isnt a
single object like the GGB, but more like THE BIG DIG. and of course
there is NOLA, new airports now and then etc.
\_ You mean the three gorges dam project where literally millions of
people were involuntarily forced out of their homes, and cities
and counties of historic significance are forever submerged in
water?
water? No, the US govt hasn't done something of that scale.
\_ NFL stadiums built with taxpayer money.
\_ In the old days, social spending was trivial to non-existant
compared to today. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
That's why we're always borrowing from the future to have our
toys today.
\_ ISS </sarcasm> |
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