“Nothing changed, except, of course, we got $4 billion and we don’t have to take care of the road anymore. And some shiny new interstate highways, courtsey of some foreigners’ money.”
Do you really think its that simple? Those foreigners wouldn’t be paying 4 billion unless they thought they were going to make money. Who are they making money from?
They think they can run the road better than the state of Indiana. Fine. Indiana wasn't going to earn $4 billion running the road itself; in fact, Indiana was losing money on the toll road.
It's a win-win. Indiana gets $4 billion it wouldn't have otherwise had and a private company gets the opportunity to make some money on the road. If it earns money, great. If it doesn't, I don't really care. Indiana got its money.