Comments on: Highway Funding: The Last Bastion of Socialism in America http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/07/22/highway-funding-the-last-bastion-of-socialism-in-america/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:23:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: ubrayj02 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/07/22/highway-funding-the-last-bastion-of-socialism-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-1610 ubrayj02 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:42:03 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/07/22/highway-funding-the-last-bastion-of-socialism-in-america/#comment-1610 Bravo for helping to spread the word about this issue Streetsblog. I get really tired of hearing policy makers talk about environmentally sound transportation solutions, and then go off and build more highways and talk about cars fueled on left-over Chinese take-out grease. Our highway system is as big a socialist enterprise as the street cars in East Berlin, if not bigger. It has allowed the absurdities of suburban life to become "normal" and has left us in a terrible state when it comes to dealing with an oil shortage. I don't drive, but I'm taxed to build highways for everyone else. When will other modes get their share of the money pile we all contribute to? Soon, I hope. Bravo for helping to spread the word about this issue Streetsblog. I get really tired of hearing policy makers talk about environmentally sound transportation solutions, and then go off and build more highways and talk about cars fueled on left-over Chinese take-out grease.

Our highway system is as big a socialist enterprise as the street cars in East Berlin, if not bigger. It has allowed the absurdities of suburban life to become "normal" and has left us in a terrible state when it comes to dealing with an oil shortage.

I don't drive, but I'm taxed to build highways for everyone else. When will other modes get their share of the money pile we all contribute to? Soon, I hope.

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