re: #3 Obdicut

Would you like to compare the costs (both real and legacy) of the projects you mentioned, versus private projects?

Speaking of levees, do you believe the NOLA system was money well spent over the decades?

Immunizations do save money, of course but are the programs that administer them as efficient (again, factor in legacy costs) as private programs?

The same applies to Medicare- future expenditures remain unfunded because money was taken to pay current bills.

One has to wonder why, if government spending is so efficient both Congress and the Executive branch are so keen on cutting those expenditures.