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Infrastructure is a public service that shouldn't need to make money, which is another reason why central planning is necessary for some things.

It was funded privately, not publicly.

The US federal highway system loses tens of billions of dollars a year, doesn't it? Perhaps that is a boondoggle, too.

China used private investment to fund its rail ways, so someone is going to take a loss on this, it won’t be the Chinese government.

> It's losing billions of dollars.

The US's roadway network is also a money pit. What's your point?