[400] in libertarians
Re: Road Privitization
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul D. Eccles)
Mon Nov 14 15:12:40 1994
From: "Paul D. Eccles" <pde@sd.inri.com>
To: libertarians@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 94 12:10:02 PST
> One of the goals of libertarians is privatizing
> roads. However, it is usually viewed as a long way off since there are
> so many other libertarian goals which are more acceptable to the
> mainstream. Many people seem to think that private companies just
> can't run roads properly. In this weekend's NYT, there was an article
> which said that governments in Latin America have been selling many of
> their big roads to private companies to maintain. The companies get
> their income from tolls. Apparently, the governments there don't
> maintain roads very well due to corruption, excessive bureaucracy,
> etc. (sounds like Cambridge), so this is the only way to maintain the
> roads. So, it really can work.
>
> -David Martin
It's hard for me to imagine if all the roads in the US were privitized, that
we would be better off. What more incentive would a private comapany have
in maintaining the road? Could each company make their own rules to drive
on their roads?
Paul Eccles
