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! tim sevener decvax!pur-ee!iuvax!isrnix!tim