"Roads are government owned, Skip. That isn't a private subsidy."
Roads, fuel and automobile manufacturers are subsidized initially to develop that industry, today habitually because the risk of not doing so is the loss of too many votes for either of the oligopolist parties to risk. The same mindset exists for any industry able to lobby either party with the message "to lose us is to risk the safety or wellbeing of the nation"; since politicians are jacks-of-all-trades and masters of none, and know that to curry favor with the powerful is to provide for their autumn years, the game plays on. American commerce is riddled with subsidy, privilege and special interest, and the bigger you are the more certain this is. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Roads are government owned, Skip. That isn't a private subsidy. > > > > If millions of people truly wish to drive their automobiles on > > highways, rather than use bicycles, buses, cabs and trains, why in > > the > > world would we have to subsidize roads? > > > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > I have a question for you Gary about what you wrote below (I've > > > often wondered this same thing about PBS Channel 13). > > > > > > If thousands of people truly wish to flock to theater districts, > why > > > in the world would we have to subsidize them? Aren't people > willing > > > to pay for stuff they want? No government has to subsidize > Great > > > Adventure. Isn't the fact that theater and art districts are in > > > need of government funding proof that people really don't care > > > enough about them to pay for them, and therefore proof that they > are > > > not the best tourist draws? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Further more what does the City need with two buildings. > > > Operating theatres > > > > > is not a good idea for Municipal Governments. Almost every > > > theatre company in > > > > > New Jersey operates at a loss. All of them are subsidized > as > > > much as 50% of > > > > > their annual budgets. Do the tax payers of the City of Long > > > Branch need this > > > > > additional tax burden? I think not! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gee, I wonder what the NYC economy would be like without the > > > theatre district > > > > > bringing thousands of people to the restaurants, hotels and > > > stores all year > > > > > long? Theatre is subsidized because it¹s an investment in > the > > > area. Without > > > > > ³burdens² like this, towns die. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
