[402] in libertarians
[pde@sd.inri.com: Re: Road Privitization]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (damartin@ampere.mit.edu)
Mon Nov 14 15:28:35 1994
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 15:26:32 -0500
From: damartin@ampere.mit.edu
To: libertarians@MIT.EDU
> 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
What incentive does the government have to maintain the road?
The only people in the city that the voters can punish at the ballot
box are the councilmen, and they usually win or lose because of
political connections and savvy, not their ability to fix the
roads. They can always blame it on the weather, other council members,
red tape, everything but themselves. With a company, you can just use
a different road. Thus, the company will have an incentive to keep it
in good condition.
> make their own rules to drive on their roads?
Exactly. A company with a road that was straight and flat,
like in Kansas, could raise the speed limit to 80 MPH. :-)
-David
