Quote Originally Posted by cd329:
KOAJ, honestly sometimes i dont know if your busting balls or really believe the bs you say.
So lets, let private business build our nations roads. How do you think this stuff up or is somebody brain washing you in your sleep. Truth is you would like no govt at all int he country, but the fact is you cant have the type of free society we live in with 300 plus people without having a govt and thats a fact. Theres lots of countries that dont have govts which you seek, but i dont see you packing and moving there. I understand that every penny you make, you want to keep and not have to pay anything towards the functioning of our society, but it doesnt work that way and the sooner you get these silly ideas out of your mind, the way better off you will be. And yes we all know that you just want to pay for the 5 roads you use and nothing else, it doesnt work that way and since you want to pay for just the roads you use, that must mean you dont do alot of driving thus, you really arent paying alot for the roads anyways since the money is coming from gas taxes, which you shouldnt be using alot of.
Bottomline is if you dont want to be apart of our society and chip in like we all do, then go one of the chaotic countries with no govt and everyday is like the wild wild west. Send us a postcard and let us know how things are, maybe then we will all move there.
cd - the government didnt start building roads until the last 100 years or so. really went nuts under Ike in the 50s with the federal highway system
you build a road or business builds a road because there is profit in doing so, meaning it will bring commerce or jobs to a factory or a community
if i see an isolated town of 1000 people who are willing to work for me but have no way of getting to my job because they have no cars and no roads. if their labor justifies me building a road and running a 24/7 shuttle service i will do so. i dont need the government to build me a road. i buy the land and do it.
once that 5 mile (example) road is built, maybe a deli or coffee shop will want to open and take advantage of the traffic flow and start a business
see how this works?
cd - i pay close to 50% of my income to governments on various levels for services i'm told i need to purchase at above market costs. please lecture me on chipping in. i pay plenty
if i didnt pay the feds last year, i could have hired someone to live in my house full time and cook and clean etc. i could have put in new pavers, finished the basement...instead of me investing my capital in the investments i wanted to make, i was forced to buy services that i didnt need from government
you say you want to help create american jobs. i gave you 3-4 above and you argue that government knows best what to do with the money that ive earned