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Re:Government planned it 7 years,beavers built the dam in 2 ... by ggm on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @06:37PM (#42940924)
Want to laugh, but this is classic bad economics take. SMBC-Comics could do this one.

The $1m can be spent fixing potholes. Massive waste of time, but if the next $1m is used to make potholes, a self-sustaining cycle of making and filling potholes can boost the local economy for just a small dribble of $1m per year input, to the alternating cycle.

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Re:Government planned it 7 years,beavers built the dam in 2 ... by tantalor on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @07:43PM (#42941718)
AKA broken window fallacy
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Re:Government planned it 7 years,beavers built the dam in 2 ... by HideousKojima on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @07:00PM (#42941206)
And they create hundreds of jobs in the process!
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Re:Government planned it 7 years,beavers built the dam in 2 ... by frugalmail on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @09:10PM (#42942674)
What animals can we use to fill potholes?
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Re:Government planned it 7 years,beavers built the dam in 2 ... by Terretta on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @10:31PM (#42943354)
Actively or passively?
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Re:Government planned it 7 years,beavers built the dam in 2 ... by moi2388 on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @01:52AM (#42944838)
Moles, obviously. They make heaps, precisely filling the potholes, but they do this by tunnelling, weakening the ground and over time creating more potholes.

It’s a prime example of a circular economy and sustainability

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Re:Government planned it 7 years,beavers built the dam in 2 ... by defrost on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @02:45AM (#42945266)
Loch Ness Monster is a good one; see: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/24/pictures-pothole...
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Re:Government planned it 7 years,beavers built the dam in 2 ... by frugalmail on Monday February 17, 2025 @02:03AM (#43076045)
This gave me laugh, thanks for sharing it!
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Re:Government planned it 7 years,beavers built the dam in 2 ... by jjk166 on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @04:48PM (#42955704)
I mean that is how GDP works. Wasting billions on something stupid counts just as much as spending the same amount on sound investments.
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