The Chicago Skyway.
I used to drive that when I was young. It gives an amazing view of the area but it was always in disrepair and virtually empty. It let off in a rather bad area of town.
Posted on 07/15/2006 12:40:58 PM PDT by Flavius
In addition, ask Marriot about those great hotel investments they made in Cuba.
Or maybe Chevron about those oil faciilities in Chavez land.
I bet Boston kind of wishes they would have leased the Big-Dig about now.
Not that there's anyone stupid enough to give them a dime.
Well, maybe Kennedy.
Or Kerry.
Or the American taxpayer.
Sigh.
"Someone should be put in jail for this. "
Why? for reducing operating costs to the taxpayer?
I don't care how much they make, it'll still be cheaper than creating the hundreds of patronage jobs that make a toll road impossible to operate efficiently.
What are roads for? If it's run by gov't they are places to put potholes to ignore. If they are run by a private entity, they are a place to generate revenue - and will be run better, cheaper and more efficiently than the government patronage jobs and state departments of transportation could ever manage.
I don't agree with our state leasing the toll road for 75 years so we can have a balanced budget today. That's just passing the problem down to future generations.
Remember what happened to the "Ports" deal in Baltimore? The same thing should happen to this sell out. Write your congressman, raise hell.
Huh? The money in the "Federal Highway Fund" comes from the federal tax on gasoline. How could it "run out"? Are people going to stop buying gasoline?
"I don't share your faith."
Mine is not faith, rather it is a lack of faith in government solutions.
This is good news. It shows the failure of government solutions to deliver on something as simple as a road.
Recognizing that failure sooner rather than later will result in lower costs to the taxpayer.
Governments will squander the money generated through the sale of these roads, to be sure, but that's another matter.
Take another look. This isn't such a bad thing.
Let's see, the Bolsheviks in Russia did that, Mao in China, Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, Mossadeq in Iran, Castro in Cuba, and Mugabe in Zimbabwe. You are the company you keep. Your solution is not exactly the conservative view.
The Chicago Skyway.
I used to drive that when I was young. It gives an amazing view of the area but it was always in disrepair and virtually empty. It let off in a rather bad area of town.
correct me if I'm wrong but as I understand it the Indiana toll road lease money is off budget and going to capital investments, not to the current operating budget.......
It's going to be used to fund road projects. Even our NAFTA highway boondoggle. At least that's what our local news has been implying.
Because we have Executive Order 12803, by President Bush's Father.
Enjoy!
Section 1. Definitions. For purposes of this order: (a) “Privatization” means the disposition or transfer of an infrastructure asset, such as by sale or by long-term lease, from a State or local government to a private party.
(b) “infrastructure asset” means any asset financed in whole or in part by the Federal Government and needed for the functioning of the economy. Examples of such assets include, but are not limited to: roads, tunnels, bridges, electricity supply facilities. mass transit, rail transportation, airports, ports. waterways, water supply facilities, recycling and wastewater treatment facilities, solid waste disposal facilities, housing, schools, prisons, and hospitals.
http://waterindustry.org/12803.htm
Good Lord... it's scary the stuff that got past everyone pre-internet age, isn't it? Not that knowing seems to make a difference.
Good find.
Started disliking the old man as soon as the words "new world order" came out of his mouth.
Look what Cornyn wants to use American taxpayer money for in Mexico.
(a) In General- Grants shall be awarded from the Fund for projects to carry out the purposes described in section 3, including projects--
(1) to construct roads in Mexico to facilitate trade between Mexico and Canada, and Mexico and the United States;
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.3622.IS:
So Americans get to pay for Mexico's roads for NAFTA and our roads get eminent domained by foreigners.
Can we all sing Kumbuya?
My post #55 was for you.
Yes, but Free-to be-Traitors everywhere rejoice, call it Capitalism, rejoice some more, denegrate anyone who stands oppossed, rejoice some more all the way to the Bank. The sellout continues. I just can't seem to find anything in the "R"atpublican platform telling US this is why we were electing them to office. This kind of thing will accelerate, with the taking of the big bucks now, with no sight for the future, because they know America's future is short term. They know exactly what they are doing. America is just another "commodity" for them to trade on for profit. Sit back and be amazed! Blackbird.
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