Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] What's the LP position on this?
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:53:44 -0500
To:        <lpny_discuss@yahoogroups.com>
From:     Bob Armstrong <bob@cosy.com>

 I think the notion of privatizing the roads , in general , is
 a fantasy . If they were in some region , their maintenance 
 would almost surely converge to a local monopoly - like=
 utilities
 generally are . 

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:45:27 -0500, Gary Popkin wrote:
>=A0>From: "greghevia" <greghevia@hotmail.com>
>=A0>Point 1: Wouldn't privatization of roads just turn all our=
 highways
>=A0>into one big line for the toll booth?
>
>=A0If government got its fat ass out of the way, private=
 enterprise would ...
>=A0oops, I mean free individuals wanting to make a profit would=
 figure out a
>=A0much, much better way to collect fees that would make tool=
 booths a relic of
>=A0memory. =A0Just off the top of my head I can think of an EZ-Pass=
 system where
>=A0no booths or tool lanes are required. =A0Your location is instead=
 detected by
>=A0a satellite and your biil arrives in the mail.

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=A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864