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Re:Mark Cuban offers to fund former 18f employees by boothby on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:04PM (#43232468)
I can't wait until highways and roads are carved up and sold to oligarchs. Every mile driven is a microtransaction (or maybe not so micro, if it's a monopoly). Maintenance is a major cost center, so they'll minimize that in a race to the bottom. Companies in disaster areas will simply fail, because insurance is expensive! It's such a beautiful system. I can't wait for this tax-free utopia.

Canada and Mexico will be happy to buy some of your failed states.

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Re:Mark Cuban offers to fund former 18f employees by alistairSH on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:08PM (#43232502)
Wait? We’re anlready there…

All the new HOV lanes around DC are public-private partnerships with flex tolls that are paid by the mile. And have revenue protection for the private entity built in.

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Re:Mark Cuban offers to fund former 18f employees by boothby on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:53PM (#43233006)
State highways are well maintained because the federal government demands it in exchange for significant funding derived from federal gas tax. You've had a taste of utopia, but you haven't bathed in it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_Trust_Fund

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