Basically what I see here is “Economic mismanagement” issue vs “Safety of population” issue. Yes probably wasting the funds is pretty bad, but how can you evaluate the cost of even one human life?
I think it is obscene to equate human life to a monetary value but you are missing my point (my responsibility). What I am saying is economic mismanagement costs lives, environmental mismanagement costs lives, halting growth/development costs lives. All these factors need to be considered. No one is more important than any other.