IncendiaryGunner
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Because I still reap the benefits of the extra wealth produced, even if a private entity does not make profit. The stimulation of the economy increases the wealth to everyone who pays the tax. The end user benefits more, because of this. The free market is still involved, and competition still prevails - because the roads themselves are still built by the free market. The difference is how the money is collected, and how many people can skim profit, and who can then control and monopolize the roads. In our case, the monopoly is owned by the people - so we reap the benefits, do not pay more than the cheapest contractor - and no excess profits on top of that.I make no such assumption. I have clearly stated, repeatedly, and you have ignored, that TRANSPORTATION AS WE CURRENTLY KNOW IT WOULD NOT EXIST. It would take a different form, and it most likely would be less pervasive. Seriously, if you're not even going to take the time to read my posts, why should I even bother with this conversation?
Maximizing individual wealth is exactly the point! Someone else gaining profit does not have to exist in this model - leaving me with MORE wealth for my money.Define "best". Best for who? You seem to believe that there is some condition other than maximized individual wealth which is more desirable, but have failed to explain that condition, or why I should accept it as being more desirable.
The government does have that ability, even if it does not always practice it. Apparently, with "too big to fail" corporations, we have somehow decided even the free market does not have that ability anymore.Of course they have. That brings up the other function of the free market, which government does not have: the ability to clear away the dead wood and stop funding projects that clearly make no sense.