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Originally Posted by Pete
I wonder if it or any of the big projects from that day could be built today? I don't think so.
What are the big projects of today that enrich mankind? A few billion here and a few billion there for grants to get state and local public workers on the Federal tit? Somehow I just don't see them as being equal.
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You can't get an environmental impact approval to build a flat range, no way you can get one for a project of that scale.
Then the union workers would cause the price to triple over the duration of construction.
Lawyers would tie that up for decades and in the end, you would have nothing to show for it.
TR
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