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You don't drive? You still use roads. How do you think the food gets to your favorite restaurant? Those sidewalks aren't free.

Posted by musubi Jun 28 '12, 10:57

Infrastructure seems like it's free but it's not. Even if you don't use it, you benefit from it, even if you don't think you do.

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that's baked (hahaha) in to the cost of food when i buy it. -- nm - colin Jun 28, 11:09 1
- right, and those restaurants pay for the food, which includes transport costs and you pay them. -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 11:11
+20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 10:59
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- Considering that even when things are though most of us are still fucking privileged, I really wish people were a little less selfish -- nm - Guigue Jun 28, 11:01 8
  - I think of it as a question of why should your priorities trump mine? - Fuzzy Jun 28, 11:20 6
    - Because presumably there are things funded by government that you support, that I do not, yet my taxes go towards those. - Roger More Jun 28, 11:36
    - Because it's not about you or me personnally, it's about us. And libraries are good for us, school are pretty cool too - Guigue Jun 28, 11:26
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      - I can't find them. I can only find the tools (or wannabe tools) we have now. - Fuzzy Jun 28, 11:28 2
        
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        I'm seceding from the union. - Fuzzy Jun 28, 11:33
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Sure, but non-driver's don't benefit as much from the road as drivers. - ty97 Jun 28, 10:59 5
- Non-drivers don't pay as much for roads as drivers either, through fuel taxes, etc. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 11:01
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  - oh, I fully agree that argument is silly -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 11:01 1
    - (I'm super busy and not keeping up with all discussion lines so forgive if I go off on a tangent) -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 11:02
  - Wait a minute...you're right. I've never called the Marines and asked them to send someone over. I don't want to pay for them anymore. nm - Jim Jun 28, 11:01
Fuck you...if my feet don't touch it, I don't have to pay for it. And for the record...i'd like to be able to choose what roads I pay for... - Jim Jun 28, 10:59

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You don't drive? You still use roads. How do you think the food gets to your favorite restaurant? Those sidewalks aren't free.

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