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Re:The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers by seanmcdirmid on Monday January 29, 2018 @03:44PM (#16260482)
> And the worst, most inefficient public sector of any developed country.

I'm pretty sure most who live in their own developed country think their own public sector is the most inefficient. Well, maybe not the Swiss.

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Re:The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers by dpark on Monday January 29, 2018 @05:10PM (#16261093)
I’m pretty sure that’s not the case. My understanding is that the Scandinavian countries generally like their government and its level of efficiency as well.
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Re:The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers by ucaetano on Monday January 29, 2018 @05:45PM (#16261306)
The US spends 80%-90% of what Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland spend per capita PPP, yet the public services and social welfare in the US are abysmally bad.

> Well, maybe not the Swiss.

Yep, reasonably true.

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Re:The U.S. Gets Less Subway for Its Money Than Its Peers by Daishiman on Monday January 29, 2018 @04:38PM (#16260847)
Nor the Germans, Danes, Dutch or Scandinavians...
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