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Originally Posted by denphone
Sadly governments when it comes to developing a robust infrastructure with plenty of capacity is a bit like asking them to organise a piss up in a brewery,
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That's exactly why the utilities, rail etc. fell into such a decrepit state after decades of under investment by government. It's also the reason that taking them back into public ownership would be a massively expensive disaster. Politicians want the brownie points for telling people what they want to hear but, when faced with the reality of having to pay for it all via taxes or spending cuts elsewhere, soon get very cold feet about it all.