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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
Yes I have and I paid for my ticket. Stunning too, huh? Bus operators should arrange payments and form of payments with (private) road operators. Get a sticker on your windshield, I dont care. I pay for the ticket and I couldnt care less how the bus operator pays for the road. If I pay for bread I dont care how/if/when the baker pays the miller. But dont make me pay for roads I dont use.
As for sidewalks, I see no reason why they cant be privately built/repaired too. Do you?
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your ticket only pays for the operation and maintenance of the bus and the driver's salary. if it were to cover roads as well, it would have to be taxed much in the same way gas is taxed to hell.
How in the hell do you think a decent system of sidewalks/paths can be planned, built and maintained by a private company. The property issues alone blow this idea right outta the water (same goes for privitizing the building of roads). That doesn't even cover how a company is goign to fund this project and charge users.
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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
Yes it is expensive, when the gov takes a good chunk of your income away, then of course you end up with little money left. Gov takes away money from you and then the gov says "you are too poor to pay for the childcare, we will throw some money your way. BTW remember to vote for us next time." How stupid is that? Leave people alone and they will be able to look after their families themselves. The gov first creates a problem and the it proceeds to "solve" it and creates more problems along the way. Thats not something I will support, sorry.
As for obese kids, why should I care again? But you are right, they will cost shinguardload of money in healthcare. However, I see no reason why should healthcare be socialized either. You are obese? Thats too bad, you (or your insurance provider, if you have one) are going to cover your health care costs. So your argument doesnt fly.
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and yes, i agree with you, i'd like to have absolutely minimal taxes and have private citizens/companies pay for this. however what you're talking about isn't a simple government policy issue, its a complete tear down and rebuild of our entire government and social structure. basically you can either move or create a seperate thread to discuss this issue and try to get people on your side and lead the revolution to overthrow our culture.