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Is it time to cut the NDP?

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  • 14-01-2009 8:47pm
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    JonathanAnon
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    Cowen was saying last year that they were not going to cut the National Development Plan as it was important to invest in the future or something like that. But what is the point in having brilliant roads when there will be no companies to use them?

    Especially now that we cant afford it.


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    The Saint
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    No. Companies take infrastructure into account when looking at places to invest. Having a country with snail paced internet access, gridlocked roads, crappy unreliable public transport to transport workers to and from work and other infrastructual deficiencies isn't an attractive looking investment. Also reducing investment in infrastructural projects will exacerbate the unemployment issue. I think one of the best things a country can do during a recession is invest in infrastructure while costs are reduced and your investing in your future and investability.


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    Húrin
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    Not cut, but altered. In the current plan there is too much of an emphasis on motorways that we don't need. There needs to be more emphasis on renewable energy infrastructure and railways.


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