Will they ever learn

[2minkey]

so does that mean you do or don't think roads should be built by contractors hired by the government?

 

[Gonz]

That's a toughie. The gov't contracts the work done, at a savings to the taxpayer. When you see a gov't employed highway worker, it's usually 1 supervisor, 3 watchers & one worker. When you pass through a private contractors road job, it's usually two workers & one watcher/supervisor.

I'm for it. Since the faster a road job is completed, the less money it tends to cost the taxpayer, and since it's a specialized occupation that doesn't put people in jeopardy to finish faster, it's a matter of convenience to turn it over to the private sector.

 

[Professur]

I'd just like to jump in here and say that the latter part of this thread has been a pleasure to read. Fact, Fact, opinion, fact .... no backbiting, namecalling, or political bad mouthing. If the RW could be kept like this, we'd have half our membership back.