>>socialism for interstates has failed. Time to let the free market do its magic
Governments building roads is not socialism! It predates socialism by THOUSANDS OF YEARS! It was still done after commerce between people was established and before socialism.
How will the free market “do its magic” anyway? Will each lane be run by a different company so I can choose the one that meets my needs best? Will they take different routes to get from Point A to Point B? My city is cut in half by a river. Will they build a dozen more bridges across the St Johns River to give me choice as a consumer?
I know (and I hope that you aren’t such a blind ideologue to see it too) that your “free market” on these roads consists of companies lining up at the government trough, lobbying, paying off politicians, and then being granted a LICENSE (franchise) to operate the roads that people have to use to get back and forth. There’s no free market in that to “work its magic”. It’s just more pockets to fill as I struggle to go to work each day.
>>privatize interstates not all roads. just the interstates.
Let’s start with rural roads and city streets first. Less impact on commuters and much higher cost per vehicle mile driven on them with more consumer options to actually create a free market. Remember that it wasn’t the free market that electrified the rural USA, or gave it telephone service. That was the government. If we did things your way, people in flyover country wouldn’t even have power yet.
And, please, don’t go to the absurd absolute by claiming that I am a Socialist. The government is responsible for national defense, shared infrastructure, and treaties. Period. That’s not socialism (even though Socialists try to portray it as such). That’s just common sense. What you propose is little more than medieval banditry committed under the banner of the local baron.
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