• someone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    37·
    8 months ago

    It just so happens that the bridge changed hands last year to what looks like a shell company at a discount

    Okay, let’s pause there. Why is a major bridge in the hands of a private owner?

    • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      41·
      8 months ago

      uhhhhhh

      The private sector owns the vast majority of the Nation’s critical infrastructure and key resources—roughly 85 percent. However, the government historically has funded the construction and maintenance of certain infrastructure sectors (e.g. transportation and water infrastructure).

      Over a third of the Nation’s dams are fifty years old, a number that will increase to nearly 70 percent in ten years. In addition, bridges are generally designed to last 50 years, and the average bridge in the United States is 43 years old

      paper written in 2011

      • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        31·
        8 months ago

        However, the government historically has funded the construction and maintenance of certain infrastructure sectors

        Capitalism has the most effective allocation of resources - We do like the commies and then give the things away to noblemen entrepreneurs