On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Doug Henwood wrote:
> One problem may be what they spend money on - pointless
> infrastructure projects, bridges to nowhere, etc. Japan is woefully
> under-housed, isn't it? Why don't they subsidize better housing?
> Anyone know?
Doesn't part of it have to do with the fact that the backbone of LDP's support is rural -- the "nowhere" where the bridges go to? Whereas the crowding is probably more a problem of the cities.
Michael
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