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   Message 61,233 of 62,757   
   Ashton Crusher to All   
   Re: What kind of idiots ride public tran   
   17 Feb 11 00:19:40   
   
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   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: demi@moore.net   
      
   On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 07:34:28 -0800 (PST), Phlip    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Feb 14, 7:18 am, Ashton Crusher  wrote:   
   >   
   >> It's an impossible question now.  The problem is not the concept of   
   >> mass transit, the problem is how you pay for it.  NYC and similar   
   >> large cities can only sustain their "mass transit" lifestyle by   
   >> collecting taxes from people who don't use mass transit and giving   
   >> that money to the people who do use mass transit.   
   >   
   >The system also taxes people who don't drive on roads, and builds   
   >roads to subsidize those who do.   
   >   
   >The "greater good" argument is simply that we all need food   
   >deliveries...   
   >   
   >Again: The Free Market is not magic, and can't solve every problem.   
   >I'm still waiting for an explanation how the Free Market could produce   
   >free, standardized roads.   
      
   The free market can't produce FREE roads but they could make   
   standardized ones.  The biggest problem I see with free market roads   
   is if they are truly free market then you have lost your freedom to   
   travel "freely" in the non-economic sense.  Ultimately you would not   
   be able to leave your house without paying for the privilege.  The   
   libertarians call that the perfect world.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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