On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:05:21 GMT, Richard the Dreaded Libertarian wrote:
On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:51:02 +0000, Dave Hinz wrote:

You keep not getting it. People buy goods transported on I80, right?
Does that mean that they themselves have to drive on it? They benefit
from a shared piece of infrastructure that they may never themselves
directly use.

No, the people who pay for the truckers' deisel fuel pay for it.

Yes.

What exactly is it I'm "not getting"?

The part where you, as a consumer, go from paying for the roads through
taxes, to under your plan, being you the consumer paying for the roads
through higher prices to pay for the taxes. You're not gaining me
anything, you're just making my money go through an extra set of hands
in the process. In fact, your plan would cause prices to rise, which in
the sort-term at least would be taking money out of my pocket. No
thanks.