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

like it sucks but we gotta do it

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

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

"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

The bridges are currently a monopoly

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

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

free rider program?

which would be solved in a privatised system

Free rider problem

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

I heard you lol can you explain it

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

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

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

No

Well

maybe yea

ye

lol

stuff like that

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

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

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

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

or a price above the equilibrium

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

because they know it's the only way somewhere?

How?

and who

the problem with privatizing roads and other public infrastructure is that there are very specific regional monopolies

Colonel Sanders

roads are monopolies currently

haha, you're not hearing me, regional monopolies

if there is *ONE ROAD* to get somewhere, what will happen to the tolls on that road?

in a free market situation

Wdym what will happen?

will the tolls go up... or down

will the price be high... or low

depends what supply and demand has it at