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dhol82

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2. think he's trying to say

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 10:07 AM

Jan 2013

that with private capital everything can be done better and faster.

wonder if he ever thought about how much it would cost to drive on those roads?

doubt that it was any kind of racial slur. just libertarian rhetoric.

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Does this Facebook post make any sense whatsoever to you? Because it doesn't to me. [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 OP

Without manhole covers, trees won't grow in the forest. Repuke logic. Scuba Jan 2013 #1

think he's trying to say dhol82 Jan 2013 #2

And in that model, no roads get built in rural areas because there is not enough revenue to JoePhilly Jan 2013 #8

^== This. NT IdaBriggs Jan 2013 #10

Private vs. Government: Health care/yr P$8200, G$3000. Internet P$500/yr, G$500/10years. Festivito Jan 2013 #11

My father is amazed how much easier it is go to through Medicare versus private insurance.nt Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #13

So...instead of taxes paid to maintain roads n2doc Jan 2013 #3

Someone needs to clue this idiot in that we get most of our cotton from China tjwash Jan 2013 #4

Typical.. sendero Jan 2013 #5

Wonder how long it took to transport cotton from say South Carolina to China? nc4bo Jan 2013 #6

Dumb (the pic, not your post!) jp76 Jan 2013 #9

How pathetic. nc4bo Jan 2013 #12

What they mean is that private businesses would build the roads. JoePhilly Jan 2013 #7

more magical thinking from the libertarian lunacy squad. nt Javaman Jan 2013 #14

"Privatize everything". sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #15