It Is Incredibly Easy To Mock First World Politicans In Their Hard-Hats & Hi-Vis.

Dreaming of the big, beautiful multiplier effects that come from large construction projects.

https://news.sky.com/story/anthony-joshua-injured-in-car-crash-in-nigeria-police-say-13488263 

However infrastructure development is hugely important. Even if sooo dull I'm in absolutely no rush to get back to doing my job.

In discussing the, barely believable, Brazilian Miracle, I touched on how Urbanisation brings a lot of customers together in a small area. Creating large markets which are then served by a large number of shops.

Imagine you're a farmer growing a fruit, say Bananas. If you've got to transport your produce to those shops on an Ox-cart along a mud track then it's going to take you a long time, meaning all of your produce will lose a lot of its freshness and a lot of it will be too bruised and damaged to sell. If someone builds a road or railway between your farm and those shops then more produce will arrive fresher. That means more people can buy more of it at a cheaper price. Which is good for you and good for them.

Then there is the wider benefit of fewer people being killed on poor quality, dangerous roads.

https://twitterwithbraincells.blogspot.com/2025/12/if-i-was-still-doing-my-job-id-expect.html

You might think of that as a Social benefit rather than an Economic one. However if your workforce keeps getting killed and injured in road accidents then they're not going to be able to do any work. That's what I spent my time trying to do to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Deplete their workforce by killing as many of them as possible. Often by directing US airstrikes.

At the time of US Awards Season 2025 it really wasn't clear what was driving Trump's Tariff obsession. It seemed possible that Trump did know what Tariffs are but was making concessions to his base. I'm familiar with having to withstand so much Tear Gas it causes local Nursing Homes to be evacuated. In order to win the concession of; "Maybe reduce Cash-Cropping by extending the repayment period. Increasing the amount of interest you'll receive, while reducing the inevitability of default."

https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=81198&page=1

It also seemed entirely possible that Trump simply doesn't understand what Tariffs are.

Since then though we've had the Big Beautiful Bill. Which confirms that Trump doesn't understand what Tariffs are. While Project 2025 Nutters view it as a completely illegal way to raise domestic taxes. While claiming you're cutting taxes. I'm not sure if I'll be able to address it in more detail before the issue comes before SCOTUS. Although I think we can all guess how Project 2025 Nutter Amy Coney Barrett is going to rule.

I'm now going to try and put some paragraphs together. In the hope of, eventually, having something worth posting.

However, with the Problem Child now completely silenced, I've got a nasty feeling I'm going to have to gather all the receipts and precedents together for the brief. While keeping careful note of my billable hours. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZTwjljm5qc (Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys, Waylon Jennings, Official Audio).