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What does competition look like in road usage?

Posted on: September 1, 2016 at 15:44:43 CT
Alferd Packer MU
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Free enterprise implies competition. So, how many roadways would be built to compete for traffic between, say, Kansas City and St. Louis?
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Without government, who will build the roads? (nm) - pickle MU - 9/1 14:05:29
     Corporations, a group of private citizens - MIZZOUowns SEC - 9/1 18:37:02
     My roads are already private, and they are awesome. - Coors4bob MU - 9/1 17:46:46
     Actually, private enterprise already builds them. - Alferd Packer MU - 9/1 15:47:47
     Not as concerned about who builds them, but rather - Mizzou Lou KC - 9/1 15:03:32
          you don't like the idea of never knowing how much - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 9/1 15:16:14
               "Pot Hole fee 2016" - Mizzou Lou KC - 9/1 15:24:26
                    or the guy who owns the road to the private hospital - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 9/1 15:27:21
                    I addressed this above. (nm) - pickle MU - 9/1 15:26:28
                         You addressed it poorly - Mizzou Lou KC - 9/1 15:33:38
                              I addressed it directly - pickle MU - 9/1 15:39:19
                                   Courts? Isn't that "government?" - Alferd Packer MU - 9/1 15:58:40
                                        No, it's not government. - pickle MU - 9/1 16:11:54
                                   You fail badly here - Mizzou Lou KC - 9/1 15:43:37
                                        I've made no mention of HOAs or HOA fees - pickle MU - 9/1 15:45:07
                                             You don't even try anymore. You're little more than a - Mizzou Lou KC - 9/1 15:48:59
                                                  "You're right, pickle. You didn't mention HOAs or their fees - pickle MU - 9/1 15:52:40
                                                       "First you started out with the handwringing over a "phony - Mizzou Lou KC - 9/1 15:56:47
                                                            No, you were talking about the hypothetical road owner - pickle MU - 9/1 16:09:52
                              This sums up his position nicely. - Rabbit Test MU - 9/1 15:37:03
                                   No, that sums up your straw man nicely - pickle MU - 9/1 15:40:36
                                   We should also assume that private roads would have private - Mizzou Lou KC - 9/1 15:40:08
                                        We should we assume that? - pickle MU - 9/1 16:19:26
                                        State of Missouri had to pass a law about just that issue - Rabbit Test MU - 9/1 15:47:34
               I doubt it all be a per-use fee - pickle MU - 9/1 15:23:49
          Private enterprise - pickle MU - 9/1 15:10:10
               What does competition look like in road usage? - Alferd Packer MU - 9/1 15:44:43
                    free enterprise does not imply competition (nm) - pickle MU - 9/1 18:23:44
               A "phony surcharge" is a surcharge imposed on the members - Mizzou Lou KC - 9/1 15:14:01
                    who shoudl have paid for the - meatiger MU - 9/1 15:19:47
                         Well, gee, that's the whole point - Mizzou Lou KC - 9/1 15:26:56
                    Unfounded? - pickle MU - 9/1 15:17:12
                         "If you have an issue with it, raise it with the business o - Mizzou Lou KC - 9/1 15:30:34
                              i'm not talking about your HOA, Lou - pickle MU - 9/1 18:24:58
                         take it to court doesn't exist in your world Pickle. - Rabbit Test MU - 9/1 15:19:03
                              Wrong (nm) - pickle MU - 9/1 15:24:18
                              arbitration - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 9/1 15:22:04
                                   larger personal security force - Rabbit Test MU - 9/1 15:59:20
                                   Courts, arbitration, mediation.... - pickle MU - 9/1 15:25:09
                                        with no means of enforcement(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 9/1 15:26:13
                                             Incorrect (nm) - pickle MU - 9/1 15:26:41
                                                  sorry, you would have private security forces to try - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 9/1 15:28:26
                                                       Also incorrect (nm) - pickle MU - 9/1 15:31:14
                                                            how would you enforce it?(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 9/1 15:34:04
     Without pickle, who will make dumb posts? - RHAYWORTH MU - 9/1 14:59:17
          RE: Without pickle, who will make dumb posts? - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/1 16:01:57
          Base human nature for 60000 years has no - Rabbit Test MU - 9/1 15:03:21
     Since government invented asphalt, heavy machinery, and - ummmm MU - 9/1 14:44:15
          It's a question of efficiency - Mizzou Lou KC - 9/1 15:10:13
               Lou, you act like government has created something - ummmm MU - 9/1 15:32:25
                    Lou loves central planning - pickle MU - 9/1 15:41:27
                         Bad hyperbole fail. You love central planning when you - Mizzou Lou KC - 9/1 15:46:13
                              There was no hyperbole - pickle MU - 9/1 16:20:22
                    "There is no secret to road building" - Mizzou Lou KC - 9/1 15:37:32
                         If there is no profit potential, then it needs to be avoided - ummmm MU - 9/1 15:59:47
                              That's all I've ever said. If any government has rejected - Mizzou Lou KC - 9/1 16:07:00
                                   well that's not true (nm) - pickle MU - 9/1 18:20:19
               how efficient has government been? - Butcher of Bakersfield STL - 9/1 15:14:22
                    Not terribly efficient, however when it cones to certain - Mizzou Lou KC - 9/1 15:21:21
     Irrelevant. There will always be government. - GODZILLA MU - 9/1 14:39:13
     master blaster(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 9/1 14:15:37
          I was thinking more of a Water World scenrio - Rabbit Test MU - 9/1 14:33:49
               because he doesn't comprehend them at all - FootballRefugee MU - 9/1 14:35:21
     Somalia - Rabbit Test MU - 9/1 14:14:46
          Why keep hiding behind double handles? (nm) - pickle MU - 9/1 14:16:07
               I don't have a double but - Rabbit Test MU - 9/1 14:30:16
                    interestingly - pickle MU - 9/1 14:48:04
                         Now - Rabbit Test MU - 9/1 14:48:49
                              An answer to what? - pickle MU - 9/1 14:54:42
                    You say "continue" as if we've talked before - pickle MU - 9/1 14:34:03
                         Hillary Clinton continues to deflect questions about - Spanky KU - 9/1 14:38:44
               Odd question Sluggo - Ferg STL - 9/1 14:20:42
     An illegal knife - Spanky KU - 9/1 14:12:17




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