The Build-Nothing Country

Stasis has become America's spoils system, and it can't go on.

The Build-Nothing Country Stasis has become America's spoils system, and it can't go on. Noah Smith Feb 27, 2023 634 295 15 Share Photo by vastateparksstaff , CC BY 2.0 . This post is going to be a bit of a rant, because honestly I’m pretty frustrated, and I want the rest of you to understand and share at least a little bit of that frustration. Specifically, what’s frustrating me is America’s seeming inability to build the things it needs to build in order to prosper and flourish in the 21st century. From housing to transit to solar power to transmission lines to semiconductor fabs, the U.S. h

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