http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/02/28/flaherty-steering-the-economy/ Conservative group weblog that publishes daily commentary on political events and topics affecting Canada, the United States and the world. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:39:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/02/28/flaherty-steering-the-economy/#comment-179447 Charles Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:55:02 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/02/28/flaherty-steering-the-economy/#comment-179447 About letting local government control infastructure:I find lower levels of government more socialist and totalitarian than the feds (funny statement coming from a constitutional-liberatarian) and there seems to be less oversight on them. About the transportation industry: What sorts of subsidies do the transport companies get? I was in the industry for 15 years and was astounded by the shear costs of doing business:licence,taxes( between 15-18000 per year in road taxes),compliance,safety,maintanance,fuel, insurance,etc,etc, And lets not forget paying raod taxes for the whole highway but only being able to drive on two lanes of a three lane road. About letting local government control infastructure:I find lower levels of government more socialist and totalitarian than the feds (funny statement coming from a constitutional-liberatarian) and there seems to be less oversight on them.
About the transportation industry: What sorts of subsidies do the transport companies get? I was in the industry for 15 years and was astounded by the shear costs of doing business:licence,taxes( between 15-18000 per year in road taxes),compliance,safety,maintanance,fuel, insurance,etc,etc,
And lets not forget paying raod taxes for the whole highway but only being able to drive on two lanes of a three lane road.

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