Sierra Leone's civil war in the 1990s left infrastructure destroyed and key industries such as mining, agriculture and tourism were left struggling.
Dems need to double down and move living wage, paid family leave, infrastructure investment etc.
Because of Congress's decision to leave infrastructure at the bottom of its agenda this year, it has to wait until tax reform, the federal deficit, and the 2017 budget have all been resolved.
It is bad for the economy, bad for the nation, to let entire communities wither and die; to let their residents, broke and traumatized, wash up on the shores of other communities that may or may not have the resources to absorb them; to leave infrastructures to rot.
Corporations continue to cut corners, regulatory agencies have been stripped to the point of impotency, and Congress shows little interest in providing funds for fixing our infrastructure, leaving that infrastructure vulnerable to mega catastrophes.
Sarah Guo, a partner at Greylock Partners, who invests in early stage companies sees serverless computing as offering a way for developers to concentrate on just the code by leaving the infrastructure management to the provider.
It's a machine that is an ideological neutron bomb, obliterating lives but leaving the infrastructure intact to be used after the people are gone.
The sea wall covers only a portion of the island, however, leaving important infrastructure like the airport, dump and a large section of the main road exposed.
But, rapid expansion has outpaced local governments' capacity to provide essential services, such as access to adequate water and sanitation facilities, leaving outdated infrastructures severely overwhelmed.
Calgary hosted the 1988 Winter Olympic Games, which left an infrastructure legacy that continues to attract winter sports enthusiasts.
