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Re:The strength of a monopoly can be guessed at by calling c... by washadjeffmad on Monday September 17, 2018 @06:43AM (#18004692)
Someone else put it perfectly when they said when cities decide each year whether to pay into pensions or fix failing infrastructure, they go with the option that won't sue them.

Ever wonder why we have the grant system we do?

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Re:The strength of a monopoly can be guessed at by calling c... by mschuster91 on Monday September 17, 2018 @07:10AM (#18004796)
> they go with the option that won't sue them.

Well, if your infrastructure explodes like that bridge in Italy, then the survivors will sue... it's gambling, just with lives at stake.

Governments (worldwide) should be forced to a different accounting model - where maintenance for everything they build (infrastructure) or buy (IT software!) over the lifetime has to be budgeted for. No more expensive nutjobs like Olympic Games which will be unmaintainable after the single use...

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