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- building and maintaing roads expands the role of government. It's an extra program for the municipality to manage.
- Expanding government programs is a tax on residents, even if they don't benefit from building and maintaing roads.
- building and maintaing roads is hostile to business. Companies cannot reasonably compete with a service that the government pumps money into.
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- building and maintaing roads expands the role of government. It's an extra program for the municipality to manage.
- Expanding government programs is a tax on residents, even if they don't benefit from building and maintaing roads.
- building and maintaing roads is hostile to business. Companies cannot reasonably compete with a service that the government pumps money into.