[ShadowAce]

[JoeFromSidney]

New roads and bridges are being built all the time because the public loves new roads and it helps politicians get elected. Not so much with maintaining those roads and bridges after they’re built.

This is true of more than just roads and bridges. When I was stationed in Thailand I played tourist in a lot of Buddhist temples. I learned that Buddhists "gain merit" by building a temple, but not by maintaining one. Hence many of the temples were showing their age. Only a few, that were popular tourist attractions, received government money for maintenance.