At 09:11 AM 11/12/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>> Date:    Thu, 11 Nov 1999 18:02:01 -0500
>> From:    LAWS HOME <backintime@TRITON.NET>
>> Subject: Re: Good 'ol I-40
>>
>> WE as motorists should feel
>> fortunate that we are even allowed to use them. The fact of the matter > is
>> they (interstates) were built for interstate commerce and military >
movement,
>> period. They were never supposed to be there for the general public, > it's
>> just a priveledge! BTW trust me, those expansion joints will jolt you >
just
>> as bad in a rig! Tom:~)
>>
>This is absolute rubbish. Who pays for the interstates?
>The American taxpayer does, so we have a RIGHT to use them and make
>complaints about other users.
>
& by extension of this logic (?) I oughta be able to fly an F-16 at the
local AFB, 'enjoy' the accommodations at a nearby jail, sail to Hawaii on
the next outbound aircraft carrier...as taxpayers we get to pay for lots of
things we can't use directly, but that benefit us all as a society.

Austin