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   Message 61,297 of 62,757   
   Brent to Burnore   
   Re: What kind of idiots ride public tran   
   13 Mar 11 15:29:20   
   
   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2011-03-13, Gary L  Burnore  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:36:40 +0000 (UTC), Brent   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 2011-03-12, Gary L  Burnore  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> It's obviously not worth it.  As he drives on a public road from his   
   >>> employer who's likely getting a tax break, he'll make use of the   
   >>> bridges and lights provided by the government.   
   >>   
   >>Be sure to let me know when   
   >>a) the government is not the monopoly provider.   
   >   
   > Fool, were a business to have built the bridge and maintained it, not   
   > only would you have to pay to cross it every time, but you couldn't   
   > have ANY say in who runs or maintains it and/or how they do.  You'd   
   > simply have to drive across a different bridge, making that business a   
   > monopoly provider.   
      
   1) I don't have any say in how it is built/maintained/or anything   
   else when it's government run.   
   2) When government run I already pay for it if I cross it or not.   
   3) When government run I pay for other people to cross it.   
      
   >>b) when I can opt out paying said government.   
   >>   
   >>> Were he robbed while walking down a publicly available sidewalk to the   
   >>> local park kept clean by government workers, he'd go to the police and   
   >>> report it.   
      
   >>The only times I've ever been robbed it has been by government   
   >>employees.   
      
   > Riiiiight.  Provide evidence that a public employee, acting in behalf   
   > of the governenment robbed you.  The legal term of robbery, not your   
   > made up one.   
      
   legal plunder is still robbery. ( http://bastiat.org/en/the_law.html )   
      
   > Lie away, "brent".  It's the best you can do.   
      
   Really, you're one sad sack.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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