On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:14:31 +0000, Dave Hinz wrote:
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.

Speaking of not getting it, there's a difference between the tax collector
who takes money out of your paycheck, and the tax collector who pays for
roads with the fuel tax.

You're not gaining me
anything,

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's the POINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I shouldn't HAVE to pay my hard-earned money to benefit YOU!

Screw you, commie.
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