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Social Rivals. Rumors abound of "slick guys from the North" who are about to invest in Plains. At least 34 corporations have registered in Plains (cost: $3) in order to use the town's name on theie letterheads. A few outsiders, slick or not, have made more substantial investments. A group of Canadian investors recently purchased 190 acres of farm land outside town for $325,000. They hope to install a campground and amusement park. A Georgia representative of Holiday Inns has looked into building a small motel on the highway between Plains and Americus...
...President personally approved the 19 projects for the endangered species list on the grounds that they were uneconomical by today's standards, unsafe or unsound in terms of their effect on the environment. So far, $1 billion has been spent on the programs; if completed, they would cost $5.1 billion more...
...damming the Gunnison River. The most direct beneficiaries of the $87 million project would be some 60 farms and ranches. In effect, these would be heavily subsidized by the Government, since they are expected to pay back only $3.8 million. (About 84% of the project's total cost would be reimbursed by fees charged for its other benefits, such as the generating of electricity...
...task of evaluating far larger public works is extremely difficult because of the imprecise factors involved, including assessments of the economic advantages, the benefits of flood control, safety, the damage to the environment and the trouble and cost of dislocating people and communities. Three of the biggest undertakings that Carter has put under close review-and whose construction he firmly opposes...
...nearly as possible, how much future programs will cost, and how the financing should be divided among federal, state and local governments, and the private sector...