Re: Britain/US split?

[Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael the K wrote:
> . But the "public" sector, so called, is in deep crisis owing to
> systematic starvation of investment that predates Thatcher but was
> intensified by her, and has continued up to now. Another of Judt's
> musings that I could not understand was his waxing lyrical over
> "swinging London". Sinking London would be nearer the mark. Mark Jones'
> points re capital shortage hit home when one glances at the decaying
> infrastructure of the capital city of Great Britain. For such a
> supposedly rich country the development of underdevelopment is taking
> place right under the noses of those whose job it is to facilitate its
> "progress".

In the US, we see a milder version of this phenomenon, as infrastructural
investment has fallen. The fall has been deadened, however, because state
[provincial] governments rather than the Federal government have
traditionally done this investment. Of course, this decentralization means
that some states have better infrastructure than others.

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine