Posted by Desoto61 [138.162.0.42] on Friday, December 13, 2013 at 07:52:37 :
In Reply to: Re:I had some problems at first but posted by mannyc [173.77.217.68] on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 16:42:46 :
There is no free market when it comes to utilities. Remember that they are all basically oligopolies. As are the toll roads you are traveling on.
The highway system is heavily subsidized, gas taxes and tolls haven't paid for even the limited amount of maintenance they do now in years. Other tax dollars have been propping it up for decades because of the effect it would have on the economy.
As a trucker you probably don't want to know what the real cost of the damage you do to the roads is.
Besides, if the government grant is just to build out the infrastructure, then Paul's montly bill could easily be for maintenance and operation of a system that would need little once installed.
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