I know there are a lot of folks out there who think conservo-libertarians like myself hold knee jerk opposition to government funded infrastructure projects, but this article from Popular Mechanics provides me the opportunity to take a stab at blowing up that particular stereotype. There are certain situations when government is the best worst solution to solve a given problem. Unfortunately, in this case, the best of the worst solutions still leaves a bit to be desired:
Congress first authorized new locks [for New Orleans] in 1956. The Army Corps of Engineers finally began the work in 2002 but was held up when a judge ruled it had failed to prepare the proper environmental impact study. Construction is expected to take 12 years and cost nearly $800 million–but 50 years after work could have begun, no completion date has been set.
I’ve heard of bureaucratic delays, but 50 years is reaching Communist level incompetence. That’s what, a career span of two project managers? There must have been too many paper cut injuries to proceed in a timely fashion. I wonder if they’re hiring.
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Posted 11 Apr 2008 at 9:27 am ¶Heh, thanks man. Considering I haven’t posted anything all that interesting in months now (o.k., some may wonder if that’s ever happened), I figured I should do something. Seriously, it’s been a long while since I’ve had any kind of desire to debate much of anything. Oh well, at least I’m still here, sucking up bandwidth for no apparent reason. That’s reason enough for me to keep on keepin’ on.
Posted 11 Apr 2008 at 10:32 am ¶Great, congress has used taxpayer money for decades to shore up a city in a location that instead should have simply been abandoned.
That location was a ticking time bomb. Now we’ll shore it up again at zillions of tax dollars, and then pay out zillions more should another unfortunate tragedy occur.
Posted 12 Apr 2008 at 2:05 pm ¶Doug, those bits and bytes don’t rearrange themselves buddy.
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