Italy’s €13.5-billion plan to build a giant bridge has become a source of division
https://www.ftm.eu/articles/italy-strait-of-messina-bridge-mega-project-puts-politics-over-people?share=%2BMumJWlZ5x2RLKmGithuLE2CloNiXaKNxvERK%2BtfP%2BQxr4ObcP5gePmkX8ijo%2Bk%3D
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PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 172d
Damn, if that's how much the plans cost, I can't imagine what the bridge itself will cost...
alonsohmtz@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 172d
Mannivu@feddit.it · 1 pts · 172d
Well, you know, there's friends,friends of a friend, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, sisters in law, brothers in law that need a job. As some in Italy say "S'ha da mangià" (literally "One needs to eat", meaning you need money).
LordDaveTheKind@piefed.social · 7 pts · 172d
It has been a campaigning topic for the right-wing parties for the last 25 years at least.
huppakee@piefed.social · 2 pts · 172d
Right wing parties in a nutshell: don't hand out benefits to the sick/old/poor, we need that money for car infrastructure.