Wed. 12/06/06 12:41 EDT
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I think you’ve missed the point, which is: The government road-and-copopoly cannot calculate costs, consumer wants, and the most efficient use of resources, nor does it have any incentive to even try. Taxpayers, forced to pay for the road/copopoly whether or not they like it, even whether or not they use it, have no effective way of expressing their values or punishing the monopoly. Sure, they can protest or “vote,” but that won’t change the behavior of the monopoly, nor will it compensate the hapless motorists for the two hours (and associated opportunity costs) they can never recoup.
Your sarcastic retort “Oh heavens no!! TWO WHOLE HOURS WASTED NOOOOOO!!!” expresses well the arrogance and cavalier attitude with which the monopoly, protected from competition and the necessity of making a profit, regards its “customers”: It’s my way or the highway (and we own the road monopoly, too).