On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 12:14:23 Andrew McGlashan wrote:
Plenty of monies are collected in taxes at the pump and in lots of other places even before the car hits the road for the first time; there is no shortage of revenue. More monies in GST, duties and other taxes. There is clearly plenty of greed to make everyone pay more and to line some road builders pockets with gold -- not so much the builders themselves, but the /owners/ of what should be a public road!
It's always ironic when people who claim to be in favor of market forces and competition advocate toll roads. Toll roads are the greatest example of avoiding competition and market forces. If there's a need for a road in a certain area there's no possibility of competition. I think that private companies shouldn't own anything which is inherently anti-competitive or which is essential to the national interest. So we should have no private police, roads, water, gas, or phone lines. If I have no option to encourage a business to provide a better service by boycotting them then I want the option to vote for a government that will change the policy. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/