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.. I call it common-sense capitalism... when something is highly demanded (roads ina city) make it pay dearly and finance other alternatives. Use more space of the road and you pay more dearly.

There have been noises about the same thing happening in Spain with water... and of course.. it will work wonderfully if it is ever implemented.

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Tue Nov 14th, 2006 at 12:42:26 PM EST
One of the basic paradoxes of human life is that however big your house, your salary, your roads - life expands to fill the space.

The paradox is that it doesn't seem to apply to minds.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Nov 14th, 2006 at 03:17:47 PM EST
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