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Re:Why the United States spends so much but gets so little p... by srean on Thursday July 07, 2022 @03:19PM (#32018129)
If only we could say the same about the quality of road surfaces and traffic.

Way too much corruption to afford us good roads at a good price. National state roadway construction entities run at huge 'losses' and 'debt' with the money presumably siphoned away for the benefit of the party in power.

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Re:Why the United States spends so much but gets so little p... by wbsss4412 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @03:35PM (#32018328)
Why the quotes? Roads are expensive to maintain, what makes you think the money must inherently be misspent?
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Re:Why the United States spends so much but gets so little p... by ncmncm on Thursday July 07, 2022 @03:39PM (#32018373)
Probably because they are not, despite the money disbursed, maintained.
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Re:Why the United States spends so much but gets so little p... by wbsss4412 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:01PM (#32018620)
That in and of itself is not a signifier of mismanaged funds.

Without knowing what much they should cost, there’s no way to know what the roads should look like.

Americas sprawling land use is extremely expensive to maintain.

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Re:Why the United States spends so much but gets so little p... by ncmncm on Thursday July 07, 2022 @06:47PM (#32020607)
I took the topic to be roads in India.
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Re:Why the United States spends so much but gets so little p... by srean on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:16PM (#32018777)
The quality of the roads, the rapidity with which they degrade, the timing of the repairs, the allocation of contracts. Corruption is like air when it comes to road construction in India.
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Re:Why the United States spends so much but gets so little p... by wbsss4412 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:30PM (#32018930)
Ah I didn’t realize you were talking about India, my mistake.
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Re:Why the United States spends so much but gets so little p... by srean on Friday July 08, 2022 @04:15AM (#32024249)
No worries. I could have been more explicit too.
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