I am under no illusion that this will actually persuade anybody, but I
want to write a bit to clarify things in my own mind.

I highly recommend that you not the author's name above and move on to
some more interesting topic like California's 250 MPH train from
somewhere in the boondocks "near" Madera Acres to Oleander.

When I speak of such things I have two conceptions of government
involvement in the construction and operation of public services.

But first let me dispose of the "Private Enterprise" matter.  I DO
believe that the best way to get need things done is for government to
get out the way and let the entrepreneurs get it done.  But I recognize
that since not many people will join me in that belief so we won't get
to see the best quality product, so let's move on and see what we can
get people to buy.

One of the two conceptions is that a group of free citizens decide to
band together to construct some thing they think they need or want
(California is littered with old-time special districts that serve as
examples.  Here in fly-over country Rural fire departments and rural
potable water companies are probably the best examples I can think of)

In these cases, free people band together, form an organization of some
sort (probably of a government sort to get into governments monopoly on
taxes).  They agree to hire people and companies to do the work and
agree to tax themselves to pay for it all, at lest until start-up if it
is expected to be self-supporting.

So far I have not mentioned anything that I am opposed to on general
principles, although nobody who has lived under an HOA can say that
there is nothing that can go wrong.

The objectionable configuration is what has been dominant for too many
years.

Here some special interest group (whose interests are usually secret)
decides that some huge structure needs to be built by a government
entity that has no interest in the people affected, has taxing authority
over people who will not benefit, and authority to seize property that
does not belong to them.

Such projects are easy to recognize by the "They are building WHAT"
aspects of the projects, H\huge overruns, long delays, and massive
destruction of pre-existing infrastructure.



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-- Juvenal

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