{"id":5034,"date":"2009-07-05T10:58:22","date_gmt":"2009-07-05T15:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=5034"},"modified":"2009-07-05T11:56:09","modified_gmt":"2009-07-05T16:56:09","slug":"22-million-dollar-sign-of-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=5034","title":{"rendered":"2.2 Million Dollar Sign of the Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2008, 34 Million passengers<\/a> traveled via Minneapolis\/St. Paul International Airport.<\/p>\n

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Faced with complaints<\/a> that an estimated 20,000 people show up at the wrong terminal each year, MAC has been considering proposals to change the terminal names on the signs and list the airlines that fly out of each terminal.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In 2008, 34 Million passengers<\/a> traveled via Minneapolis\/St. Paul International Airport.<\/p>\n

If 20,000 people can’t make it to the right terminal, that’s 0.059%; less than six in ten thousand people.<\/p>\n

The price tag to make sure people get to the right terminal at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has soared to $2.2 million, more than twice the original estimate.<\/p>\n

When the revised proposal goes before the committee, Hogan predicted that the new cost estimate will be a consideration in how the vote goes. “But in the big scheme of things, we just spent $3 billion to improve the airport, and if there are still people having trouble getting to the right terminal, that’s a small price to pay.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The last sentence of that paragraph is rather demonstrative as to why government shouldn’t be in business, health care – or running airports for that matter.<\/p>\n

In 2008, 34 Million passengers<\/a> traveled via Minneapolis\/St. Paul International Airport.<\/p>\n

Over 90,000 people travel through our airport per day<\/strong>. 20,000 per year<\/em><\/strong> can’t discern the difference between “Lindberg” and “Humphrey.”<\/p>\n

34,000,000<\/p>\n

vs.<\/p>\n

20,000<\/p>\n

Managing to the exception needlessly costs taxpayers and travelers.<\/p>\n

There will always be percentage of people who can’t figure out where they’re going and as the percentages get smaller, the resources to required to remedy the CRISIS<\/em>(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) increase exponentially. Spending $2.2M of OPM is easy when there is no accountability; no career repercussions for spending resources foolishly.<\/p>\n

An expenditure judged to be a waste in a well-run corporation is deemed an “investment” by government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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