[haarley]

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If a single person owned all roads in an area, it is in their interest to drive up all the prices since they want to make as much as possible. Since the government is non-profit, it is not in their interest to charge more than is necessary to complete the task.


[/ QUOTE ] Private business faces competition. Government does not. When the my shop was built it was at the end of the street. The black top that makes up my parking lot is of about equal size to the black top the county had to lay to finish the road. A private company did the parking lot. The county finished the road. Private company finished in two days. The county finished in two weeks. There isn't much incentive for government to work efficeintly or cost effective at all.