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To: tpaine
Do you really think our political life would be somehow better if an individual owned that bridge? Why?

Bad example. The answer to this one is "yes". As for why, why should I have my money confiscated to pay for the upkeep of a bridge I've never layed eyes on much less travelled across.

285 posted on 05/28/2003 12:37:15 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
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To: Dead Corpse
Do you really think our political life would be somehow better if an individual owned that bridge? Why?

Bad example. The answer to this one is "yes". As for why, why should I have my money confiscated to pay for the upkeep of a bridge I've never layed eyes on much less travelled across.

Theoretically, the GGB District is self-supporting thru tolls. And it was, under its original charter & financing.. Like everything else in CA it is now a complete sham/fraud, violating all of our principles .
- The fact remains, without eminent domain the bridge and its approaches could never have been built. By all means, tell me a better, more constitutional way to build needed bridges & roads.

Somehow, our libertarian rhetoric always bogs down on the messy details of clearing land for a bridge approach, etc, -- at a unique geographical position.

286 posted on 05/28/2003 1:06:44 PM PDT by tpaine (Really, I'm trying to be a 'decent human being', but me flesh is weak.,)
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