Here's a radical thought: How about letting people CHOOSE what goods and services they want, and let them VOLUNTARILY buy whatever they want? Those who want "government" want OTHERS to forced the things THEY want. Pretending that those who oppose mass extortion are somehow the greedy freeloaders is ridiculous.
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Where there is a market, there is someone in waiting to work those things out in a manner they can sell to the public efficiently, especially if they have a ready source of competitors looking to innovate.
I like to draw the example of Pharma Bro when it comes to the market vs. government intervention. When dude bought the "AIDS" drug, there was a big stink over him increasing the cost of the drug exponentially.
The likes of Bernie Sanders couldn't wait to politicize the issue and demand government intervention. What happened instead is something I predicted: the market responded in a manner more efficiently than any bureaucracy ever could without punishing anyone but Pharmo Bro.
That is, a competitor started producing a generic of the same product and offered it for cheaper than the original price before the hike. That same quarter his company posted about a $14M loss. Such is the beauty of free competition.
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See previous link on how private police forces can work, to include providing supplement for the poor.
As for roads, no they don't have to be toll roads. A business is not going to plant itself in the woods with no access. They would build the roads and factor that into their business plan; come out through your purchase of goods and services.
I know people who live on private roads. They pay for their own roads and pitch in when they need repairs. Between the two, you would easily have a bulk local network. It's a good bet that interstates would either be toll or factored into commodities like gas. Best thing is, you're not paying for roads you're not using.
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how would private police forces and fire departments even work?
also would that make every road a toll road?
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I am in agreement with you btw in principle, but it is hard to get some of the specifics worked out
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