It frightens me that someone in her position feels that privatization of roads is a good thing.
It sounds like a nightmare to me, primarily because of the attached non-compete clauses.
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I actually think that gas taxes should be increased. A flat tax simply cannot keep pace with inflation. That said, I strongly believe that new roads is not the answer. If we are going to keep building new roads I would prefer to have the costs billed directly to the developers. How many times have we seen huge subdivisions, or shopping centers built that immediately require huge infrastructure expenditures to accommodate them. The only people who benefit from this expense are the developers themselves. Yes, it can increase the tax base, but typically not enough to even recoup the expense of the utilities to support them.