The biggest fiasco of modern times has to be the Milennium Dome, built in London England to commermorate er.... well whatever.
This was little more than a giant plastic tent, the roof fabric of which only had a design life of 25 years. In practice it started to disintegrate after 1 year. The cost to the British taxpayer/charities* was over US$2,000,000,000!
Our population is 60 million - you do the math!
Alan
*A lot of the cash came from 'Lottery' money earmarked for so-called 'good causes'.
ps. The whole sorry mess is now effectively scrap.
[This message has been edited by Alan Belson (edited 07-22-2005).]
