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From: danw@oliven.UUCP (danw)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: roads
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Date: Fri, 30-Nov-84 19:11:01 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 30 19:11:01 1984
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>There always seems to be a lot of talk about public and
>private roads when the topic turns to Libertarians.  I
>hope you all remember that this country once had quite a
>system of private roads.  The major reason for the building of
>public roads was that the cost of using private roads had
>become too prohibitive.  Farmers were forced to pay fees to
>use the roads and it became a big problem just to travel
>a short distance.  Is this what the Libertarians want to
>go back to?
>T. C. Wheeler

	Is there anyone out there who can find historical
references to substantiate this ?

	There are plenty of historical accounts of governments
making ,trade ,travel and commerce impossible, as a result of
their rapacious nature.
I have yet to hear of a monopoly that existed ,permanently ,in
a free and unregulated market.

	The unescapable law remains: excessive profits breed
rueness competition.

	What seems more likely ,is that the government used
Wheeler's idea ,as an excuse ,to do what they wanted to do all
along - nationalize the roads.

					danw