Should all roads and highways be privatized???

Discussion in 'Economics' started by jueco2005, Apr 16, 2009.

Should all roads and highways be privatized??

  1. The govt should be the only provider

    23 vote(s)
    59.0%
  2. Both govt and private sector to create balance

    10 vote(s)
    25.6%
  3. Better to have all roads and highways privatized

    6 vote(s)
    15.4%
  1. lpchad

    lpchad

    As for the parking meters in Chicago - Mayor Daley's Time has Expired.
     
    #11     Apr 16, 2009
  2. dsq

    dsq

    DONT WORRY THE freemarket/wall st will take care of it...Just like healthcare.
    Just like they did with mortgages and our current economy... Maybe we should privatize the military.Where corporations are fully responsible for war operations. Where they must demonstrate feasibility of any war and then be responsible for all costs but keep any profit.
     
    #12     Apr 16, 2009
  3. Banff01

    Banff01

    Private millitary? That's already a reality. Read up on Blackwater - it's bigger than the gov have you believe. The only problem: as a corporation it's not responsible for anything and accountable to nobody.
     
    #13     Apr 16, 2009
  4. dsq

    dsq

    no i said 'fully responsible '...meaning from planning to implementation.Just like an investment product where they reap the losses as well as the profits.Currently they dont bear any costs of their failures.They follow that in vogue freemarket equation/model of privatized gains,socialized losses.Marxist if i ever heard.
     
    #14     Apr 16, 2009
  5. Ghostdog

    Ghostdog

    Depends if it makes sense. If it does.. we shouldnt do it. Its goes against what we do best
     
    #15     Apr 16, 2009
  6. new$

    new$

     
    #16     Apr 16, 2009
  7. dsq

    dsq

    thats the freemarkets for ya...dont like it?
     
    #17     Apr 16, 2009
  8. new$

    new$


    freemarkets don't use taxpayer money.
     
    #18     Apr 16, 2009