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lostnfound

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2. To GOP, Infrastructure is private profit at mostly public expense

Reply to DemocracyMouse (Original post)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 09:15 AM

Dec 2017

Instead of paying 100%: public will end up paying 80% directly plus another 80% in tolls and user fees to private well-connected investors who put up 20% (using funds backed by public loan guarantees).

Look at the price of tickets at NFL stadiums.
Look at guarantees and pay structures for private prison industry.

It will be crony capitalism.

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"Infrastructure" not "Socialism" [View all] DemocracyMouse Dec 2017 OP

I think back to the Mayflower Compact. rusty quoin Dec 2017 #1

To GOP, Infrastructure is private profit at mostly public expense lostnfound Dec 2017 #2

So you agree in principle? DemocracyMouse Dec 2017 #3

Not a bad idea, but "infrastructure" is not a punchy enough word. Ken Burch Dec 2017 #5

"Democracy, and the common good". Ken Burch Dec 2017 #4

To clarify with a diagram: DemocracyMouse Dec 2017 #6