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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Horst Lehner writes:
> Hello Chris,
You don't have to say hello each time, especially when you're saying hello
to someone else than the post author. :-) (I wrote this one)
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> > If roads were
> > private, I am sure that most road owners would require much more stringent
> > proof of competence to operate on their roads than the state requires.
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> Why should they? They will probably make sure that whoever drives on them
> will be held liable for what he does to the road. But why should the road
> company care for other drivers?
If you had a choice are you going to use the road that cares or the one that
doesn't? You forget the power of advertising and good will and the power of
independent investigation and publicity. None of these go away in a switch
from mixed to free. Rather, they all become stronger.
> > This is an example of the general case assertion "regulations do not make
> > you safer than a free market system, they make you less safe than a free
> > market system"
>
> Unless companies are shielded from their liabilities, or go bancrupt before
> they have paid them all. And I firmly believe that, in a free market system,
> companies will find ways to do one or the other ...
Disagree. I've given arguments in the past why that would not be the case
but don't take my word for it, read Hayek or Friedman (pere or fils) to name 3.
++Lar
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| <No greeting on request of Larry ;-), and to not err in the name ;-)=)> (...) Well, my response to this idea may apply less to the US than to Europe: We don't have enough space to build a CHOICE of roads to every destination. So, what remains of my (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Hello Chris, (...) Why should they? They will probably make sure that whoever drives on them will be held liable for what he does to the road. But why should the road company care for other drivers? (...) Unless companies are shielded from their (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.pt)
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