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New-Work-139 t1_j91ux04 wrote

I’m excited about any infrastructure funds in Maine but am frankly dubious about how far $19M will actually go

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Shake-Spear4666 OP t1_j932kp9 wrote

It does seem far short of what will be needed

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New-Work-139 t1_j9358kb wrote

It seems like enough money to enrich the chosen vendors without actually making much progress. Just enough for them to come back and say well now we know how much work is needed to be done — we need $200MM! It’s not unique to Maine unfortunately. There are whole firms funded entirely by the US government and they tend to be grossly inefficient because they spend all their money trying to get the contracts in the first place

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ConcentrateNice7752 t1_j95ggmt wrote

A few connected people will get alot of money and nothing will happen. More money will be sent to Ukraine and nothing will happen. That is how the government works. They don't wm even want to visit East Palestine.

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