I actually think the Europeans are ahead of us in terms of infrastructure privatization. It sickens me to see otherwise conservative folks coming out against allowing private companies to manage our highways, especially when said companies are controlled by "foreigners."
I’m 100% in favor of these initiatives to lease toll roads to private companies. And if it makes you feel any better, I can almost guarantee that these arrangements will become more common in the future — starting with the next Federal highway bill and the recognition on the part of leaders in both parties that this is the only way the U.S. can effectively rebuild our interstate highway system as it reaches the end of its useful life (it turned 50 years old in 2006).
I’d agree. Private tolls wouldn’t be too bad - although I can see it being a “pain”. However, that’s how things used to be done in the old days. Someone had tolls to pay for the upkeep (never mind the building) of their road.
“As long as the government funds roads”
Gas taxes and weight fees build the highways, quit stealing the funds for your indigent people movers!