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From: lkk@teddy.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: Supposed monopolies: the railroa
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Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 11:47:22 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 12 11:47:22 1985
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Reply-To: lkk@teddy.UUCP (Larry K. Kolodney)
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>As for private road systems, I don't know that much about them -- 
>I'm told that rural roads in New England were private until farmers
>prevailed upon the government to pay for their maintenance (the farmers
>didn't like paying the upkeep to ensure their access to cities).



Or the cities weren't paying their fair share for access to the farmers?

Given a society in which very few people are really self-sufficient,
anything that has an effect on commerce (especially of essentials) is of
concern to the society as a whole.
-- 

Sport Death,
Larry Kolodney
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