Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "The Problem of Infrastructure in the US" video.

  1. Expensive vital resources is the price we pay for being so “business friendly” and letting private sector interests drive public spending, especially when it comes to natural monopolies like infrastructure.
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  2. They’re either specialists of a certain procedure, or a safety watcher. The contractor would not pay for unnecessary labor, especially since they had to bid low to get awarded to begin with.
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  3. I’ve driven across TX multiple times. I don’t see Texan freeway designs working beyond the cheap, flat, and seismically quiet locations they enjoy.
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  4. The bottom line of government is continuity, not profit. Resilience is the direct competitor to efficiency, and this is why the public sector cannot and should not run like a business... where like 90% of new ventures go belly up within 10 years.
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