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Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War
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At the outset of the Iraq war, the Bush administration estimated that it would cost roughly $50 to $60 billion to oust Saddam Hussein and set that nation on the road to democracy. Five years later, the price tag is $600 billion and counting. As the economy sours, it becomes clear that one overlooked casualty of this war will be America's creaking infrastructure.

Free markets may be the only way to save the nation's roads and highways. They might even be the best way to save them. The Department of Transportation, under this Administration, has made no secret of its desire to lease highways to private companies, to use tolls and congestion pricing, to auction off fast access to those willing to pay and to otherwise let free markets drive transportation. Under this view, breaking up the government monopoly on transportation could lead to innovation and more choices for the public. Let those who use a resource pay for it, without burdening everyone else with the costs. Let the pain of price ease gridlock. It will reduce both fuel consumption and emissions. Heck, it might even drive down your insurance premiums.

This is a sunny scenario, of course. Private companies who own rights to a crucial artery have no incentive to maintain it. They could charge extortionist's tolls during peak hours. In short, they could become slum lords. The trucking industry is already up in arms over privatization. The poor will take it on the nose. And public transportation, which remains the best solution for reducing imported-fuel dependency, emissions, gridlock and highway death tolls, is left out of the equation. New rail and bus projects eligible for federal funding dropped from 48 in 2001 to 17 in 2007, even as ridership hit a 50 year high.

Regardless of who wins the White House, privatization seems to be the inexorable path. There is virtually no political will to raise the gas tax. And the war in Iraq, with its staggering costs, grinds on . . .

Sources: Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Bloomberg, BBC


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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: Jack Albertson]
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Good maybe they will give me my drivers license back now. heh


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"The time has come the walrus said, little oysters  hide their heads, my Twain of thought is loosely bound I guess its time to Mark this down, Be good and you will be lonesome
Be lonesome and you will be free
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That's what livin' is to me
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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: Jack Albertson]
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and charging tolls on massive numbers of roads will come back to hit non-users of those highways anyway... with the cost of transportation of goods driven up by high gas prices due to the war already, if trucks have to pay shitloads more money on highway tolls, higher prices of everyday goods will hit us all


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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: QuantumMeltdown]
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FUCK:monkeydance::crazy2:


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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: Jack Albertson]
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great, now everywhere will be like northern Illinois and it will cost $5 to drive 80 miles....


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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: VisualLearner]
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i see major problems with this.  i think theyre overlooking the fact that people are tired enough of paying taxes, taxes and more taxes, overpaying for just about everything because of inflation and the plummeting american dollar. all this will do is force a majority of people to avoid the tolls and take the slower yet free paths, causing tremendous stress on the already lagging public highways and byways.

why dont they just start charging us eco impact fees for shitting and pissing, and taxing us for breathing. capitalism may be good for some or even many, but it will be the downfall and death of this country.

:nonono:


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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: Jack Albertson]
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Fuck it, I'll sell my car and buy an ATV and go around their little toll booths. I will NOT pay for privatized transportation.


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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: Jack Albertson]
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Sounds like more Libertarian crap. :thumbdown:

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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: 13eetleJuice]
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13eetleJuice said:
Fuck it, I'll sell my car and buy an ATV and go around their little toll booths. I will NOT pay for privatized transportation.


Yeah, I might start taking up REALLY REALLY long distance biking.

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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: MOTH]
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you cant ride a bike on a highway moth. hope you like the EXTRA long way lol.


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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: Le_Canard]
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ToiletDuk said:
Sounds like more Libertarian crap. :thumbdown:


I was going to say the same thing myself.


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-QuantumMeltdown

Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even carry it so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself.
  -Mark Twain

"The time has come the walrus said, little oysters  hide their heads, my Twain of thought is loosely bound I guess its time to Mark this down, Be good and you will be lonesome
Be lonesome and you will be free
Live a lie and you will live to regret it
That's what livin' is to me
That's what livin' is to me"
Jimmy Buffett

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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: LeftyBurnz]
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leftysurprise said:
you cant ride a bike on a highway moth. hope you like the EXTRA long way lol.


There's more then one way to long distance travel on a bike!

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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: Jack Albertson]
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Road to Democracy my ass.  :stonedjerk:


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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: LeftyBurnz]
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Morning commute.

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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: Jack Albertson]
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So first they will privatize the internet so we can't communicate online. Then they will privatize the roadways so we cannot meet in person. Divide and conquer? Damn...

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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: Amber_Glow]
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The internets are already privatized.


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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: Chemy]
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Fuck that.

Maybe I just watch too many Alex Jones documentaries, or maybe America really is going to shit.


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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: yeahthatguy]
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no, its going to shit.


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Re: Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War [Re: LeftyBurnz]
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I really can't believe that people are just going along with it too.
The slightest google search will prove it, and yet people think its all gravy.
It's sick.


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