Silver Spring Transit Center: Here we go again, taxpayers!

WMATA's Purple Line is proceeding as a public-private partnership, just like the Silver Spring Transit Center. 

Hold onto your wallets, taxpayers!

Time to get educated. Read on.

http://bankwatch.org/public-private-partnerships/

http://bankwatch.org/public-private-partnerships/background-on-ppps

Which came first? the chicken (PPPs in the UK) or the egg (PPPs in the US)?

I don't know; but, whoever it was, the egg is rotten, and the chicken is spoiled.

http://bankwatch.org/public-private-partnerships/case-studies

The Silver Spring Transit Center could be the poster child for bad PPPs.

http://bankwatch.org/public-private-partnerships/news-and-updates

Bottom line: Don't make the same mistake twice.