More Expensive Failure: S.C. ‘Republicans’ Push Infrastructure Boondoggle

Good article – alot to unpack- but I just wanted to highlight one aspect of it. We need to treat the phrase (and thus the concept) of “public-private partnerships” as a giant flashing red sign of inbound grift, insider politics, and the redirection of tax dollars to unelected groups that have no accountability to the citizens, who usually can hide their activates from public view and oversite, and in most cases, actually treat the common person with a view of sheer contempt. Time and time again, we find out that some private nonprofit partner is been set up by some politician’s wife, close relative, or business partner to receive public money for doing two steps from nothing and yet receive hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions, for an organization that spends 50-90% of its budget on salaries and perks for its leadership. That same organization’s employees then send thousands of dollars in campaign donations back to the guys who set up the grift for them, and the cycle repeats. When you hear the term ” public-private partnerships”, you should view it on the same terms as you would leprosy – avoid it at all costs.