Re: shuttle disaster

[Gary Turner <kk5st@sbcglobal.net>]

DvB wrote:

>Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 03:59, James Buchanan wrote:
>> > > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:34:51PM -0600, DvB wrote:
>> > > > "James Buchanan" <jamesbuch@iprimus.com.au> writes:

<snip whole bunches>

> Once
>you find a private company or NGO that's willing to provide adequate
>transportation service to my metropolitan area, without making a profit,
>I might also be willing to discuss the possibility of giving them my
>taxes intead of the government.

Now, just exactly why should someone risk their capital to provide you a
service without expecting a positive return?  It looks like what you
really want is for someone else to pay for what you [want to] use.  If
you're not willing to pay full fare, maybe you don't really want it as
much as you say.

If government does not create a (private) monopoly, and profits are
*too* large, competition will arise to create balance.
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