Construction

One favorite strategy that our government - and many others - uses to tackle the recent tsunami is to put up more projects on infrastructure construction.

That sounds great: Expanding the government expenditure would give a kick to the gasping local economy; we could also bring down the unemployment. After all, it is of the public interest to build more roads, bridges, and culture centers alike.

But hold on. If there is such a real demand on those infrastructures, government does not have to make the lead; business people would - for the sake of profit.

For me, it is of course a nice thing to build a highway and connect my hut in the suburb to the downtown. It is, however, a waste of public resource if the government uses tax-payers' money to do such a thing.

And, more than that. When those infrastructures are neither cost-effective nor necessary, wouldn't it be an unworthy thread to the environment ?

Now, you see: John Keynes is the worst enemy of the fans of environment protection.

But, alas, many of these fans just disappear at a convenient time; others turn around and put their heads in some trivial matters.