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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (46426)	3/10/2011 1:42:45 PM
From: grusum	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

(But is that the same way that the "market" arranged for the building of the trans-continental rail links? Or the interstate highway system itself? Or the Panama Canal? <g>) the trans-continental railroad was built with private companies. there's no way anyone can prove it, but i believe both the highway system and the panama canal would have been better if they were privately built. a free market would have built them both. government wasn't needed.

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (46426)	3/10/2011 1:45:20 PM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

The Interstate highway system was built by the federal government so a jet could have a place to land just about anywhere in the country and so missiles could be transported by truck as well as rail. As far as I know the railroads were built by selling stock. The Panama canal worked until Carter decided he would give it back to Panama.