Re: RE: Re: People Without Meaningful Lives Seek Power Over Others

On 1/22/2025 8:00 PM, cyclintom wrote:

On Tue Jan 21 12:24:52 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

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To me, it seems parallel to a toll road. "You want to drive here? Then
pay to help defray the costs."
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It's also parallel to a train ticket or an airline ticket. "Sorry, you
don't get to use the facility for free. We're not going to subsidize it
to that level."
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Each car imposes external negatives on others. That's especially true in
car-crowded cities. It seems to make sense to reduce those using market
economics.

 Frank! Why are you completely unaware of the economics of roads?

I'm not, Tom Why do you think I am?

EVERY taxpayer and that includes you, pays for the construction of roads in his state of residence.

Yes, that was part of my argument when I was pointing out that like rail transportation, roads don't pay for themselves via tickets, fares, etc.
 > The roads are constructed and maintained with a combination of state, local and federal taxes!
Of course!
 > What you are saying is that those who pay more taxes should have priority use of the roads!
Um, you mean like something as impossible as a toll road? Or some HOV lanes? Where you are allowed to use the pavement only if you pay? Yes, I'm saying that's appropriate for some super-congested city centers.
In fact, I think if we could do so, road taxes should all be on such a per-mile-driven system, maybe modified additionally for the weight of the vehicle.
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- Frank Krygowski