@slightlylate btw, my middle class community has its own private water sys, paves its own roads, and maintains its own community center/pool
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@slightlylate food for thought: our roads are paved, on avg, 3x more frequently than the roads under government management, funded by taxes.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@csuwildcat : so yes, it is food for thought, but not in the sense I suspect you hoped1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@csuwildcat : in particular, what you're seeing is the fact that the gas tax isn't inflation indexed and hasn't kept pace in ~25 years1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@slightlylate it's just as much or more about the fact a huge portion of government gas taxes get siphoned away and spent on other things.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@csuwildcat : quantify! Data's freely available. Related: would you support raising federal gas tax?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@slightlylate I would support removing the Federal gas tax and letting localities raise money to support peacefully organized infra projects1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@slightlylate do you not believe all parties involved on the demand side of infra would come together to provide for their needs?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@csuwildcat : I believe it because we have the natural experiments to show that doesn't work for some goods & scales1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@slightlylate so basically your position is corps like Walmart spend billions on factories, transoceanic shipping, global dist networks ...2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@csuwildcat : ...largely using govt built/funded ports, roads, rails, electricity grids, and airports.
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