stackyFACTSPretending a bridge isn't rusting is the most expensive strategy a government can deploy. Deferred maintenance compounds exponentially, meaning that ignoring a minor concrete crack today guarantees a catastrophic, multi-billion-dollar emergency rebuilding project in a decade.
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