Look, I get it. I'm not trying to pick a fight one way or the other about politics. I'm more curious about what the hell 'private infrastructure' might look like.
Is Private/Public Partnership the only way forward? I can see some sort of Build America Bond program, with government backing for private groups - but how do you juice ROIs enough to attract private investment in notoriously low margin/high risk projects, like sewers and waterworks? What about some sort of government rules that allow private financing with government insurance/guarantees - like Fannie and Freddie for mortgages and school loans?
Some stuff seems obvious - pay this amount, and now you provide air traffic control services to this many airports at this price. Okay. Some things (like refurbishing airport terminals) might even be profitable enough that companies will bid to do the work and provide their own financing. But I'm wondering where the other 85% of infrastructure spending (low ROI, unglamorous, potentially risky) would fall.
Submitted June 08, 2017 at 06:18PM by BigNavy http://ift.tt/2r7sr5s
