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Comment on Cato Institute: Trains Bigger Than Cars; Sun Arguably Warmer Than Moon, Ice by jd1220

jd1220 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:59:26 +0000

The government forces people to pay for things they don’t want all the time. That’s what government does: it regulates and channels a vast number of individual self-interests to benefit the whole (or at least the greatest portion of the whole possible). Trains benefit you in that they promote mobility while limiting greenhouse gases. Perhaps certain aspects of rail transit go against your immediate wishes (i.e. to go wherever whenever you want). I hate to break it to you, but… tough. Rail transit is better for you and your children and your children’s children and everybody else’s children than a nation reliant on the automobile. So I – and I’m sure all those children I just mentioned – will bite the bullet and piss you off if it benefits the whole of society in a marked and measurable way.

Yes, sometimes government is force. Currently, your government is forcing you to pay heavy taxes for thousands of miles of road you will never drive your car on. Ever. They are forcing you to contribute to the millions upon millions of dollars in subsidies for the automobile industry, not a penny of which you will see. Ever. They are forcing you to pay for wars that are hurting – actually hurting, not… I don’t know, however people are hurt by trains existing – and killing hundreds of thousands of people to justify and sustain a car-centric lifestyle that has no viable future.

So let me put it this way: you want to drive your car. You want to drive whenever and wherever you want and you don’t want to have to worry about anybody else getting anywhere but yourself and your car. Fuck trains, right? OK. Start a company based around you and your fellow volunteer investors being able to drive your car. Start funds for road maintenance, fuel subsidies, highway patrol, snow removal, bridge and tunnel maintenance, roadside assistance, roadside maintenance, deer carcass removal, and everything else you think you might need to maintain that transportation system.

Thing is, you already have that, thanks to the government sneaking into my bank account and stealing my money at gunpoint. I don’t know the numbers offhand but cars and highways are funded through vast government subsidies to all sorts of industries. All Amtrak wants is to be funded up to the meager level the government promised them it would, a task it rarely succeeds in. You can check the figures and get back to me if you want.

Comment on Cato Institute: Trains Bigger Than Cars; Sun Arguably Warmer Than Moon, Ice by SDS

SDS — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:18:05 +0000

Just silly. You would force people to pay for trains they don’t want. You would actually put a gun to my head and take my money to pay for something that I don’t want. You would sneak into my bank account, steal my money and use it for something that I don’t want.

Government IS force and if you use it to accomplish your goals you are simply outsourcing force to get what you want. If you want to be a peaceful person and you like trains then start a company and get people to invest in your ideas voluntarily. Stop hurting people to get what you want.

Comment on Note From My Moleskine #12 by jd1220

jd1220 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:33:42 +0000

thanks vik. i’m glad you responded to it because i wrote it about the people we saw every day growing up and it’s nice to see i might have connected with something there.

Comment on Note From My Moleskine #12 by Kings County Bop

Kings County Bop — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:15:28 +0000

This got me jacked up for some reason.

Comment on Note From My Moleskine #5 by Peter

Peter — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:19:52 +0000

how wonderful

Comment on Cato Institute: Trains Bigger Than Cars; Sun Arguably Warmer Than Moon, Ice by apolfexpevone

apolfexpevone — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:13:46 +0000

Solid article – Will come back soon:)

Comment on Rhyson vs. Dr. Spectacles by Peter

Peter — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:01:21 +0000

“It appears that certain people think that poetry should be a certain way. For these, there will be nothing but troubled years. More and more people will come along to break their concepts. It’s hard I know, like having somebody fuck your wife while you are at work, but life, as they say, goes on.”

-Buk

Comment on Note From My Moleskine #1 by birdenbire

birdenbire — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:06:22 +0000

that would sound really good out loud. smoke a cigarette while you read it.
Cheers – B.
http://birdenbire.wordpress.com/

Comment on Behind The Kitchen Door by MC

MC — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:20:53 +0000

Thanks for the link! I’ll do my best to keep posting and stay on radar from now on.

Comment on Behind The Kitchen Door by omadeon

omadeon — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:56:50 +0000

Welcome back Master of Caution!

I exercised… masterful caution, in avoiding to ask you “where are you”, all this time!

In any case, best of luck with your “one big kitchen” project. As an amateur cook, I am VERY interested.

In fact, I had a brief look, there, and I am about to add you in my special “Joy of Life blogs”, in a minute. Hope this helps, a bit.

BTW, OBK is the very first blog outside my own country (Greece) to be added in this special category!