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Date:         Sat, 13 Nov 1999 00:29:42 -0800
Reply-To:     Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: Interstates
In-Reply-To:  <382C1FFA.4EC8@cyburban.com>
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At 09:11 AM 11/12/1999 -0500, you wrote: >> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 18:02:01 -0500 >> From: LAWS HOME <backintime@TRITON.NET> >> Subject: Re: Good 'ol I-40 >> >> WE as motorists should feel >> fortunate that we are even allowed to use them. The fact of the matter > is >> they (interstates) were built for interstate commerce and military > movement, >> period. They were never supposed to be there for the general public, > it's >> just a priveledge! BTW trust me, those expansion joints will jolt you > just >> as bad in a rig! Tom:~) >> >This is absolute rubbish. Who pays for the interstates? >The American taxpayer does, so we have a RIGHT to use them and make >complaints about other users. > & by extension of this logic (?) I oughta be able to fly an F-16 at the local AFB, 'enjoy' the accommodations at a nearby jail, sail to Hawaii on the next outbound aircraft carrier...as taxpayers we get to pay for lots of things we can't use directly, but that benefit us all as a society.

Austin


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