tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486444572699479234.post2892932300019650561..comments2023-11-29T23:57:04.738+00:00Comments on People First: Different Perceptions of Austerity - a tale of two marchesPeople Firsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17265248205061545566noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486444572699479234.post-71778576938855895432015-06-26T09:41:57.786+01:002015-06-26T09:41:57.786+01:00A very relevant post. Government spending, at all ...A very relevant post. Government spending, at all levels, is frightening. For example, it costs £30m to build 1 mile of motorway in the UK. It costs £15m per mile for a dual carriageway and £10m per mile for a normal 2-lane road. HS2 has already cost around £350m without a yard of track being laid. When numbers like this are routinely used it becomes almost impossible to put them into perspective and they become normalized. Nobody is screaming out "HOW MUCH??" and Government waste goes on while day to day maintenance and (to reference Saint David) the "little things" don't get taken care of. But these "little things" are what really matter to ordinary people. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287478786668225377noreply@blogger.com