At 3:39 PM -0500 11/10/98, Adam Back wrote:
Vladimir Nuri writes:
well consider things like roads,
if you don't drive you shouldn't have to pay for them.
libertarians tend to be awfully realistic some times. who pays for roads when everyone uses them?
don't pay not allowed to use. not everyone uses them to drive cars on.
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