At 08:09 AM 1/3/04 -0500, Michael Kalus wrote:

Yes, the way this usually works is that the government builds the road,

then sells it to a private company for some money and then the upkeep is handled by the company.

It is rather seldom that someone builds a road for a business venture.

Come visit SoCal some time. I'll show you some roads built as investments. Many of them. Sometimes, if they fail as investments ("hey, we're losing money, lets raise tolls"), the investors will sell to the govt ---the opposite of your assertion. But it shouldn't matter to a socialist like you: if I've driven on a taxpayer road, I'm therefore a slave to anyone's (or everyone's) 's need. Anyone who can convince a politicowhore to give them a slice, that is.