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You Didn't Build That!
Major Martman in St Louis MO
Friday, July 27, 2012 at 10:52 AM
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And here's the point missed, when discussing government building of infrastructure -- if government hadn't gotten involved, it would be CHEAPER now. Example: railroads transport stuff way cheaper than trucks, but the highway lobby (truckers, unions, oil companies, etc.) won the influence fight, and Eisenhower used the wartime example of the German Autobahns (while ignoring the incredible rail system) to push the legislation and funding. So now we have no rail system, and are stuck with the road methods and the price increases. Government funding and rules inevitably warp the decisions made, the market created, and the price of it all. The businesses and products that "make it" in USA today are the result of protection and manipulation of government (one way or another) as much as true innovation and market demand. There are exceptions, of course: the Model T, the iPhone & iPad, the Internet. Take the taxes, regulations, and funding out of the market, and it will all get cheaper.