[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Another good reason for roads to be privatized, not government control.

No, the problem is that the feds are using highway funds for general purposes. Get rid of the federal gas tax and force states to pay for their own roads. Roads and infrastructure are vital public services and should not be privatized.

[pnh102]

No, the problem is that the feds are using highway funds for general purposes. Get rid of the federal gas tax and force states to pay for their own roads. Roads and infrastructure are vital public services and should not be privatized.

While I agree with you that the states should collect all of the gas tax and use it to pay for highways, I want to point out that states are no better than the feds at siphoning gas tax money on unrelated spending.

Heck, in Penna. they want to put tolls on Interstate 80 but use the toll money to pay for transit programs in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. I-80 in Penna. goes nowhere near either city.

[In veno, veritas]

Why? It had been demonstrated in a number of states that private industries can provide the services better than the government. (See also, the Great Northern Railroad.) If the private sector can do it, why should the government get involved?