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Bad hyperbole fail. You love central planning when you

Posted on: September 1, 2016 at 15:46:13 CT

Mizzou Lou KC

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enjoy our nation's highway system (assuming you've ever been anywhere). But most roads are not "central", they are built and maintained locally and by private developers. So, pretty dumb post...again.

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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