Would Ron support states selling off assets such as toll roads and making them private?
Ron Paul On Privatizing Roads
Would Ron support states selling off assets such as toll roads and making them private?
Yes, ALL roads, including highways and freeways but I don't think it will ever happen because we have a lot more important issues faces us now.......
Source? Where did he state this?Originally Posted by narrowphoenix
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Roads do have constitutional authority. To Establish Post offices and Post Roads. Any road that is used to transport the mail (which BTW is virtually every road in America) is under federal jurisdiction. Of course, the government's authority is to establish the roads, but not necessarily to maintain them. Still, without a constitutional amendment striking that clause, I think RP will support public roadways. Roads are one of the most important economic drivers. The ability to transport goods effectively and quickly contributes dramatically to economic health in all sectors. The problem with privatized roads is that weak economic areas, and rural areas will not get funds to maintain their roads because the big cities will get all the private funds. This will result in higher prices for raw materials, and huge economic disparity between urban and rural settings.
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Yeah, where did you hear that?
This "roads" thing is something that has been used forever to sideline libertarians. While privatizing some roads can make economical sense, there is consitutional authority for the federal government to maintain roads. (Postal roads)
This is nowhere on anyone's agenda and is just an excuse to ostracize someone who believes in liberty.
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Postal roads, in some weird way... That could be the internet....
Well, the Post Office is a mess. I would imagine that it would make more economic sense to partner more with the private companies than keep everything in house. Did RP ever comment on the Post Office?
Roads and most state built network infrastructure should be government/tax supported and free for all use...The internet should also remain utterly neutral, regardless of whatever vile, vulgar, filth exists on it... this is the essence of freedom.
Arguments against this are simply asinine. There are a trillion ways for a market economy to make money off these things alone... so let's stop being ridiculous.
Yes, the government has quasi-constitutional authority over roads.
No, Ron Paul would not advocate government roads over private roads. Ron Paul is a "voluntaryist".
Government roads exist by using force. They operate on stolen money (taxes), and have also created a monopoly, consequently hindering innovation in personal transportation for the past 100 years. Without a government monopoly on roads, it's possible that we would be traveling 10x faster today than we have been for the past 100 years in motor vehicles, and without petroleum. That doesn't happen when the government owns the roads, and is also bought and paid for by the oil companies.
Last edited by Esoteric; 02-28-2012 at 11:54 AM.
I'll bet if more roads were privatized there would be much cheaper ways of making them and they would last a lot longer.
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