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Quote by: Isherwood The most obvious example would be the inter-state freeway system and the monetary system. |
Fair enough; but are those the only examples? In other words, can you give a precise and systematic definition for "national infrastructure" as you see it?
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Quote by: Isherwood The states receive federal funds, from our taxes, in order to maintain the freeways so that there's some consistency to the quality of the roads. If the freeways were solely state roads, some states maight decide to not even keep up their stretch of freeway. |
So what? Those states' governments would be free to decide so, as far as I can see.
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Quote by: Isherwood If each state could mint and accept only its own coinage, we'd be back to where we were before Lincoln's time. |
Again, so what?
I am not trying to be obtuse here. Rather, I'm honestly trying to draw out your reasons as to why there should be "national infrastructure" at all.
- Rob