Letters to the Editor
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Too Late
As the comment quote below indicates most people think that our income tax pays for roads. Often people attack Paul or libertarianism with "who is going to build the roads? (dumbass!?)"
The truth is the federal government only contributes to highways and only via the gas tax supported highway trust fund. This "trust" fund like every other trust fund the feds administer is broke.
The only new roads in this country will be tollroads. Sorry, but libertarian solutions are here by default (and federal failure). The quote below contemplates per mile charges in the Ron Paul dystopia. Well, the fact is I work in government on transportation issues and we are talking about per mile taxes as the only alternative to point of sale tolling.
Libertarians do not want to end government. They just want it to realize its limitations. They want YOU to realize government's limitiations. Just because the government addresses an issue the problem is not solved in fact most often it becomes worse.
Libertarianism is not a call for Anarchy rather it is a call for better government.
"I can already see what a Ron Paul dystopian future would be like. All roads and highways would be privitized, of course, and instead of driving on them for FREE everyday you would instead have a small transmitter in your car that would charge your "Capital One/Chase Highway Account" 25 cent per quarter mile for the privledge of driving to work! In fact you would also be billed a monthly $25.00 surcharge for parking in front of your house (sorry! Capital One owns that!) If you don't want to pay $25/mo then park in your own drive way which is no longer "technically" your property sense it touches Capital One's road. But don't worry! Parking in your drive way would only be a $10 rental fee."