Message from @wahx

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2019-01-27 20:26:58 UTC  

yea

2019-01-27 20:27:07 UTC  

programs similar lol idk why I phrased it that way

2019-01-27 20:27:20 UTC  

but anyway yeah let's invest in our bridges

2019-01-27 20:27:29 UTC  

I understood either way xD

2019-01-27 20:27:44 UTC  

Another problem with that is

2019-01-27 20:27:49 UTC  

I live on cape cod

2019-01-27 20:27:58 UTC  

And when they were fixing the bridges

2019-01-27 20:28:02 UTC  

It was fucking aids

2019-01-27 20:28:04 UTC  

To cross

2019-01-27 20:28:21 UTC  

ooof I feel that, had a similar situation a couple summers ago

2019-01-27 20:28:23 UTC  

Took around 1-2hours to get to the mainland

2019-01-27 20:29:02 UTC  

yeah I mean there's no good way around that right? when you need to update infrastructure people are just boned who have to interact with that infrastructure

2019-01-27 20:29:10 UTC  

but I don't think that's an excuse to not repair things

2019-01-27 20:29:17 UTC  

like it sucks but we gotta do it

2019-01-27 20:29:29 UTC  

and last I checked our bridges are in a *seriously* bad state

2019-01-27 20:30:07 UTC  

and if they fail then the government is gonna have to intervene, and it'll be way more expensive to deal with a broken bridge than to repair an existing one

2019-01-27 20:30:14 UTC  

"wahxToday at 20:25
what? how does that make sense. You have to cross a bridge, and you can't cross any other bridge, why would they want to lower that cost?"

Competition between other methods of transport

2019-01-27 20:30:20 UTC  

The bridges are currently a monopoly

2019-01-27 20:30:31 UTC  

and it's the reason why it's so broken, not maintained well

2019-01-27 20:30:40 UTC  

Not to mention congestion and traffic blocks due to the free rider problem

2019-01-27 20:30:49 UTC  

free rider program?

2019-01-27 20:30:54 UTC  

which would be solved in a privatised system

2019-01-27 20:31:00 UTC  

Free rider problem

2019-01-27 20:31:03 UTC  

competition between bridges and... other methods of transportation? like what

2019-01-27 20:31:07 UTC  

I heard you lol can you explain it

2019-01-27 20:31:18 UTC  

people taking benefits from public goods they didn't contribute to

2019-01-27 20:31:29 UTC  

Now we have excess demands on these roads which leads to shortages

2019-01-27 20:31:39 UTC  

oh like companies driving trucks on roads without paying much in taxes by tax evasion

2019-01-27 20:31:47 UTC  

No

2019-01-27 20:31:54 UTC  

Well

2019-01-27 20:31:55 UTC  

maybe yea

2019-01-27 20:31:57 UTC  

ye

2019-01-27 20:31:58 UTC  

lol

2019-01-27 20:32:00 UTC  

stuff like that

2019-01-27 20:32:20 UTC  

but anyway, generally speaking, you have a bridge somewhere because getting there otherwise is tough

2019-01-27 20:32:29 UTC  

what do you say to someone who has to cross a specific bridge to get somewhere?

2019-01-27 20:32:41 UTC  

trains and other roads will be a problem if there is a high price charged

2019-01-27 20:32:44 UTC  

what about our homie @Colonel Sanders™ , who it sounds like only has one way to get somewehre

2019-01-27 20:32:49 UTC  

or a price above the equilibrium

2019-01-27 20:32:59 UTC  

wouldn't private companies just drive up the cost of his drive?

2019-01-27 20:33:05 UTC  

because they know it's the only way somewhere?