[quote=briansd1]markmax33, how about one? The Interstate Freeway System.
Republicans are in love with freeways and want more, don’t they?[/quote]
Brian: You want to become well versed in public works projects? Compare Eisenhower’s Interstate Freeway program costs (per mile) with the present costs of freeway/roadway construction (also on a per mile basis). After adjusting for inflation, tell me where all of those additional costs come from. Bloated prevailing wage requirements? Compliance with “diversity” requirements? Use of an archaic, outdated project and program management system? All of the above?
Take it one step further. Compare the construction program used for the Golden Gate Bridge (1934 – 1936) with the retrofit program used for the Bay Bridge (following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake). Are you aware that we’re 20+ years down the road and that retrofit is still not complete? How many billions have gone down that hole?
But you’re perfectly content to insist that we can throw tens or even hundreds of billions at public works projects and they’re magically gonna get built overnight. Uh, okay.
