Yes, many cities have roads paid for by tax dollars that the citizens
are not allowed to freely use. How is this consistent with
principals of liberty?
They're called pedestrian zones. Or public transit zones.
Reduces pollution. Makes downtowns more user friendly. You have the
liberty to walk around or take public transportation.
What you call subsidy I call hiding from the taxpayer the true cost
of the service delivered, convincing them they are getting a bargain
when in truth they are not.
Public transportation isn't a bargain with hidden costs, it's a necessity.
With that kind of logic, gasoline taxes should be at least $3-5/gallon
to cover the true cost of service delivered and remediation costs. Or
all subsidies for oil, gas, coal, nuclear, renewables should be removed.
Then the real cost of energy will be seen.
It takes governments to truly distort a marketplace, and governments
can also restore a free market while ensuring that costs are born by
those that impose them.
Matthew, there is no free market. Never was. It's been distorted by
corporations as well as governments. No free market. No free lunch. Free
WiFi--YES!
Fin!
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