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To: elmatador who wrote (109674)	1/14/2015 7:19:21 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218455

>>Thus I became an expert on troubleshooting. Before I even switched on I tested for short circuit. I pulled the power suppliers, before turning on the circuit breakers. It was standard procedure for me. All signaling cable were pulled out and then signalling power was applied. then I would plug cables one by one.<< Too bad they didn't test Obamacare like that before they switched it on! ;)

To: elmatador who wrote (109674)	1/14/2015 12:55:05 PM
From: Gemlaoshi	1 Recommendation Recommended By dvdw© Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218455

Elmat, If you have not been involved in any infrastructure projects in India, you have no idea what an emerging market clusterf**ck is. I have been involved in several electricity generation/transmission projects there over the past 20 years, and it has been the most frustrating experience imaginable. One-third of the residents have no access to electricity, yet due to their socialist political legacy, no one is willing to pay for infrastructure. A weak central government will not pay for projects that may benefit another political party in a particular state; states do not want to pay, but want to micromanage and control projects, and end-use customers considered electricity a political right and think it should be free. None of my projects ever got completed. India may have a lot of potential for becoming the next center for low-cost labor, but will never come close to the Chinese growth rate because they have such a dysfunctional political system. They are a prime example of how it takes much more than foreign investment to make an economy function. Dave