In that case, I err on the side of no. While I’m not a fan of make-work, there are a lot of necessary public works projects for the docket. These should be prioritized over those that are just “nice”. And beyond this, most infrastructure problems require some kind of maintenance - something we are already far behind on. Adding to that maintenance backlog by building additional things which are unnecessary seems ill advised.
what about building houses and public transport, as china has been doing?
Building necessary public works projects is great. Building them for the sake of giving people something to do isn’t
what if it’s not necessary, but nice-to-have?
In that case, I err on the side of no. While I’m not a fan of make-work, there are a lot of necessary public works projects for the docket. These should be prioritized over those that are just “nice”. And beyond this, most infrastructure problems require some kind of maintenance - something we are already far behind on. Adding to that maintenance backlog by building additional things which are unnecessary seems ill advised.