Posted by MarkB_MI on August 12, 2013 at 19:19:05 from (75.198.66.2):
In Reply to: Re: toll roads posted by RodInNS on August 12, 2013 at 03:13:58:
Rod, if gave you the impression I'm a supporter of toll roads, that's not the case. Nor am I in favor of enriching private companies with state-sponsored monopolies just to spare elected officials the trouble of making difficult decisions. Planning, building and maintaining roadways CAN be done better and more efficiently by the public, rather than private, sector. Whether or not the public sector actually does as good of a job as it could is of course debatable.
I like to think of myself as a realist: highways cost a lot money to build and maintain, and it's only fair that those who benefit the most from them pay the brunt of the cost. Fuel taxes are equitable, but so are tolls.
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