[BobL]

I get a kick out of Cato. Talk about speaking out of both sides of your mouth. It is the Libertarian clowns at places like Cato (and Reason) that somehow convinced our "Republican" governor here that it is better for Texans to pay tens of billions of dollars to private companies to help finance condos on the French Riviera (via privately built and operated toll roads - with monopoly-type protections), instead of several billions of dollars to have the state build and expand freeways.

No we Texans are guinea pigs for the biggest experiment in government giving away its assets that this country (or maybe the world) has ever seen. We're screwed - and in large part because of outfits like Cato. So it is hard to take them seriously when it comes to taxes.

[groanup]

It is the Libertarian clowns at places like Cato (and Reason) that somehow convinced our "Republican" governor here that it is better for Texans to pay tens of billions of dollars to private companies to help finance condos on the French Riviera (via privately built and operated toll roads - with monopoly-type protections), instead of several billions of dollars to have the state build and expand freeways.

I don't know what you're talking about. Maybe you could elaborate so the rest of us are up to speed on this.

[groanup]

Might as well get these guys over here as well so they can tell us how wrong this article is.

[CSM]

I'm sitting here with a pancake on my head!