Bfgrn
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You miss the point. Probably out of ignorance of the facts.Yes, I keep trying to drive that point home. It is because peoplke are willing to take the considerable risks to start up a new business or expand an existing one that allows people to have jobs. And it is because there are jobs that new housing developments go in to provide homes for the workers of those jobs. And that increases the tax base which allows infrastructure to be installed or improved where these new businesses and homes are going in.
Nobody goes out and installs a water system, sewer lines, and other infrastructure whereno people are. The government receives the funds and mandate to install or increase the infrastructure where people already are.
So yes, Mr. President, if I have a business I DID buld that infrastructure with my productivity and with my taxes. And I also built my business.
No one goes out and starts a business where there is no water system, sewer lines, and other infrastructure. Unless they are growing pot.
Location, location, location.
First, most businesses do not require a fixed location such as a store front or other commercial building. The fact that there is a road in place is happenstance of development which takes place in the natural progress of growth.
Water and sewer are easily replaced by wells and septic tanks. No need for government utilities. Electricity? Most power is supplied by private entities. Same with natural gas for heat. There are lots of ways to marginalize government involvement in the development of business and infrastructure. So much so that government sets up regulations where it can collect fees for "business permits"...This is a money grab.
In nearby Charlotte, NC it is illegal for private property owners to use wells and/or septic tanks. Instead the law states they MUST connect to the city water and sewer system. IMO that is unjust.
In any event, government pays for nothing. Constructs nothing. Maintains nothing WITHOUT taxpayer dollars.
You libs will NEVER convince the majority of the people here of your idea that government should be worshiped as you worship it.
Without the private sector, NOTHING GETS DONE....
Lately it appears that the job of government is not to serve, but to grow the size of government. We're quite sick of it. And this election should we become successful, will send that message to Washington.
I am not young enough to know everything.
Oscar Wilde
First, SOME businesses do not require a fixed location such as a store front or other commercial building. And that is a very recent development. BUT, even an internet only business would not be able to deliver goods to customers without infrastructure. And the efficiency or lack of efficiency of that infrastructure factors in the costs we ALL pay for goods and services. You folks on the right take for granted what We, the People have built, maintained and improved.
Ironic you mention Charlotte, because a recent national assessment of the 50 states ranked North Carolina 48th nationwide on urban interstate congestion, at 75.6 percent
congested.
Traffic congestion is a pervasive and growing problem. Congestion is caused by urban growth, rising private mobility and longer-distance commuting, along with limited expansion of road capacity and competition for road space. Although the states largest regions (Charlotte, Raleigh, and Durham) have the highest current congestion, other cities are likely to show more rapid growth in congestion. Congestion will more than double over the next 25 years, threatening the economic future of the state. ref.