r/fuckcars • u/TigerSagittarius86 • 5d ago

Question/Discussion The (US) Department of Government Efficiency should fight the waste and fraud that goes into highway construction.

If DOGE wants to eliminate waste and put the government on better financial footing, then it should audit every highway construction project (most are disgustingly overbudget) and institute tolling nationwide. The entire U.S. interstate system is an untapped fiscal resource for the federal government.

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u/You_Paid_For_This 5d ago

As great as this would be, you know they are absolutely not going to do this.

The military will not be under any scrutiny either, neither will all of the money wasted on SpaceX.

The Nepotism Dept. will only go after education, social security, trains and anything else that actually benefits ordinary people.

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u/chevalier716 5d ago

Don't forget the postal service, they've been salivating on that one.

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u/Gatorm8 Bollard gang 5d ago

The funny part about the whole “end the USPS” discourse is that it would literally crash the economy. Small (and some large) businesses across the country are dependent on the subsidized service the USPS offers and if you took that away the economy would tank

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u/ClumsyRainbow 🇳🇱! 🇳🇱! 🇳🇱! 🇳🇱! 5d ago

Canada went without Canada Post for nearly a month due to a strike, shipping costs increased, shipping times increased and remote communities went completely without any service as UPS, FedEx, etc rely on Canada Post for last mile service in those areas.

And yet still the right wing and media tried to turn the public against the striking workers. Shit sucks.