Contra point of view,
I live in a rural area of Oklahoma where the County Commissioners want to get re-elected. They take a huge hunk of one-time grant money, pave country gravel roads so developers can make big money developing “estates” in the country without being in the city. (Rural development grants, rural water district grants, 911 terrorism grants for law enforcement funneled to Sherrif’s offices all makes this attractive and unrealisticaly lowers costs to the developers and county dwellers.)
There is NO WAY the commissioners can maintain the roads they pave. But they don’t care. Their real estate buddies get them re-elected and they all live happily. The developers could care less about how pot-holed the roads becomes after they sold all their new houses. (Except the road to their personal residence!)
I would far rather drive on a well maintained gravel road and put up with dust and rocks, than drive down one of these pot-holed paved monsters in the rain. It’s bad enough when you can SEE the potholes.
My view of government is that no matter what they build or start, needs to be sustainable with the expected revenue stream. These roads have no chance from the outset.
Just my opinion.
Oldplayer
That’s a really well thought out perspective. You make some very good points! I just can’t look at ANY idea the current Marxist put out there without wondering what the angle, the catch is.