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Re:Anthony Bourdain on not having debt by megablast on Thursday March 16, 2017 @02:31AM (#13882994)
The road out front of your house costs $100,000 to build. You just using that, gets you back all the taxes you spend. Now multiple that by 10 million things, and you are still better off.
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Re:Anthony Bourdain on not having debt by clarky07 on Friday March 17, 2017 @05:29PM (#13898158)
The federal gov't spends less than 2% of the budget on ground transportation (roads, bridges, and even amtrak included in that number). So, no, the road out front doesn't in fact get us back all the taxes we pay
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Re:Anthony Bourdain on not having debt by Scea91 on Thursday March 16, 2017 @12:20PM (#13886280)
You do not use the road alone.
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Re:Anthony Bourdain on not having debt by deadbunny on Thursday March 16, 2017 @12:28PM (#13886343)
Which is why we all pay for it through taxes because it benefits everyone, even those who don't drive.
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