Some are, some are not. It depends. I assume you are talking about people who spend money on nice cars, clothes and all the stuff?
Tariff war and it's impact on trucking
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I relate with that a lot. I’ve always played the long game and “sacrificed” for the long term benefit since I was a youngster. I do enjoy the benefits now but it did take a long time. At the same time I see others who took a different path and they are broke week to week with no end in sight.
Edit: One thing I’ve learned is that if you sacrifice long enough things just become engrained in you. I could buy about anything I wanted I suppose but I still drive an old truck and wear old clothes. lol But those things don’t make me happy so I don’t really care. It’s freedom and time with loved ones that makes me happy.Last edited: Feb 5, 2025
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Fuel taxes, IFTA, income taxes, excise taxes, DOT, parking issues (imagine if we relied on central planning for parking), HOS rules, exorbitant tolls, crumbling infrastructure and so on. Customer service? Nope. I’d rather a private road and highway system where there is competition and Customers (all of us) are catered to, instead of looked at like a source of income for ticket blitzes, ridiculous fines, fees and so on.dirthaller, Opendeckin, Oxbow and 1 other person Thank this. -
I'll also point out that most private toll roads fail and declare bankruptcy. Just like most privatized services see rate increases and service declines.
Oh, and good luck funding an aircraft carrier through tariffs and sales tax.201, Albertaflatbed and Numb Thank this. -
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And that is one of the problems with this strategy- companies will wait and see before making a decision on expansion. At best that will create a lull now before a boom later that will crash back down to current freight levels. At worst, companies will eshew American markets and American goods because they don't want the headache.Albertaflatbed Thanks this. -
The government is not here to help you.
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That said, I would gladly pay for a service, like I do any other, that caters to me and other consumers of that service. Not one that takes the money, abuses it and claims that roads would be impossible without central planning…when those results of said service is abysmal.
James J Hill proved so many of the same naysayers wrong. The market is able to handle really complex things. The privateers did so as well. There’s a reason the same “phenomenon” that plagued even the building of the USS Constitution and the USS President remain today.
I prefer dangerous Liberty over a phony sense of security, which is evident in the central planning of roads and so on.dirthaller and Oxbow Thank this. -
I remember years ago when Indiana privatized the I-90 toll road one of the first things that happened soon afterwards was a massive toll increase that had everybody up at arms. Interstate highways are not just for commerce they're also for national security. There are some things the government should be doing and I would definitely put roads into that category.
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