"paghat" wrote in message
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On our ballot the only well-represented third-party is Libertarians. About
two out of every three of their basic ideas aren't all that nutty, but
when they're wrong, hooboy are they off the deep end nuts. If they ever
had an ounce of power they promise to give the national forests away to
big business who will of course be excellent guardians of the resources
for everyone. And the moon is made of cheese. A civil libertarian myself,
it annoys me that the word has become increasingly associated with these
crackpots.

The LP here (Rochester NY) has a booth at some of the local outdoor
festivals. The following theory came from one of the staff, who I *hope* was
not representative of the mainstream in that party. Ready? Do away with all
tax except sales tax. When I questioned him about which charity would
maintain the roads, he said the users of roads would pay for it. How? Toll
booths. I commented that we already had toll booths on highways like the NY
State Thruway, but I couldn't see how the concept would work on local roads.
He said anything was possible.

He looked young, so I told him that the "right turn on red" thing didn't
exist in many states until the oil crisis of the early 1970s, and was
instituted so less cars would idle uselessly at red lights. I suggested that
toll booths would reverse this concept. He said "Oh well. What can I tell
ya?"

Oh boy.