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To: In veno, veritas

Well toll roads are coming to my state, NC, it seems - but so far it has not been passed in our Legislature, thank God!


14 posted on 07/05/2009 9:59:48 AM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt
That doesn't sound like privatization, and who knows, this article might not be privatization at all either. If the government hands out construction to whomever it pleases, then the roads aren't privatized; they're still under control by the government. In French, they have a different word to differentiate, “a concession.” (http://blog.mises.org/archives/006586.asp). If tolls got to be to high on a road, with private companies competing, another company would build another road with lower tolls to compete.
16 posted on 07/05/2009 10:27:17 AM PDT by In veno, veritas (Please identify my Ad Hominem attacks. I should be debating ideas.)
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