tim@isrnix.UUCP (07/01/83)
In his book, "For a New Liberty", Murray Rothbard suggests that
streets be owned ,built and maintained by those beside those
streets. For an example of how such a system would actually work
consider this example from India:
The major developmental work undertaken here is an
underground drain which has resulted in the paving of
the main streets with bricks. The government gave part
of the money, while the rest was to be a contribution
from the villagers, who were also in charge of its
construction through the panchayat.
"This has been a great gain", they tell me. "previously
one could not walk in these lanes for the dirt and the
slush."
But though most of the drain has been completed,
500 feet of it has lain unfinished for the last three years.
The basis of people's contribution had been that each should
give for the stretch in front of his own house only.
Where the row of houses ends, responsibility ends-even though
to reach the paved street one has to walk through stinking
slush and pools of filth and water.
from "Blossoms in the Dust" by Kusum Nair
So much for the wonders of individualism!
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