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It's a big country! When you get towards completing a single project, I bet there will always be something else that needs doing.


Like an airport in a town of 2,000 that nobody uses, but ensure the Congressman will get reelected?

I could only imagine the abuse with a gov't directed jobs program!


And things like that don't happen in the private sector?

Corruption is a human problem, not a government or corporate problem.


If a company builds something useless, it's not my money, so I don't care. Gov't projects spend tax money, so I care.


I would much rather have another airport built than another prison.


I would much rather have an affordable public transit system built than another airport.




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