Ryan Dekle

Enjoy the best things in your life cause you ain't gonna get to live it twice

[Ryan Dekle @deeks90]

@stevewb915 @wanyeburkett I grew up in the Atlanta suburbs, everything was 30 minutes away, even if it’s only a couple miles because of traffic. I was so excited when I moved away for college.

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@Craig_Lawson @NerdAthens I agree with you there, we desperately need campaign finance reform and defense spending audits at the Federal level.

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@Craig_Lawson @NerdAthens They tended to run deficits BECAUSE the keep prices lower than market rate in many cases. Plus a lot of those loses were pension related debts, which the Postal Reform Act of 2022 should help address going forward. There’s a reason why 90% of Americans like the USPS

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@Craig_Lawson @NerdAthens The difference is that the government is supposed to be for the people, by the people, and of the people. ALL the people, regardless of wealth/circumstances. Corporations are only accountable to their largest shareholders and their profit margins.

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@Craig_Lawson @NerdAthens In my experience, I’ve found it cheaper and generally reliable, but anyways:

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@Craig_Lawson @NerdAthens I understand, my rebuttal is that would be a dystopian nightmare of expensive private roads owned by mega corporations. Public goods like infrastructure should be publicly owned.

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@Craig_Lawson @NerdAthens Amazon uses USPS to keep prices low when delivering long distances or to rural areas, so that’s kind of ironic. The Better comparison is USPS versus FedEx or UPS and personally, I always ship via USPS because it’s cheaper, less up-charges, better coverage, etc.

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@Craig_Lawson @NerdAthens Opting out of roads you don’t use won’t matter if the ones you do are significantly more expensive. It’s the Cable bundle versus Streaming services dilemma but for actual important public goods.

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@Craig_Lawson @NerdAthens Plus the high infrastructure maintenance costs would eventually lead to monopolization pressures. The end result would be you paying Amazon $10.50 a mile to drive on local roads. If you think GDOT is inefficient now, just remember that the grass isn’t always greener…

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@Craig_Lawson @NerdAthens You pay for the convenience of an express lane, you can still drive on the interstate ‘for free’ if you don’t have peach pass. What your advocating for would basically be multiple peach passes from multiple companies to drive anywhere with no way to opt out. It would suck

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@Craig_Lawson @NerdAthens I’d much rather pay a bit in taxes to a couple governmental units and have the freedom to drive throughout my community then have to navigate a bunch of toll roads with different rules, different pricing, and no coordinated logistical planning/design.

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@Craig_Lawson @NerdAthens Well considering the majority of private roads either have restricted access or are toll roads, I’d say most of them are inferior based on efficiency and usability

[Ryan Dekle @deeks90]

@Craig_Lawson @NerdAthens Paved & maintained roads have generally been paid for by Gov. for most of human history, the Romans famously collected taxes and paved great roads that still exist today. Infrastructure (like roads) is actually a great example of something Gov does better than private sector

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@Craig_Lawson @NerdAthens Georgia has a balanced budget provision, so the State and Local governments are required to break even, actually. Competition wouldn’t be a factor for most public services because they’d be a natural monopoly, you’d just end up with higher prices and less accountability

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@WillPage12345 @NerdAthens SPLOST’s are great though, the people get to help pick the projects and non-residents (students, tourists, etc) have to pay it as well. That’s why SPLOSTs almost always pass

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@PeteMcBrayer @NerdAthens I’d love to know where you came up with that, cause a lot of the wealthiest areas of Athens vote deep blue. The wealthiest conservatives I know mostly live in Oconee county so they can access our amenities and jobs but don’t have to pay our taxes.

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@Craig_Lawson @NerdAthens Privatizing services just makes them more expensive and prevents people with less wealth from accessing services. Companies have to make a profit, government just has to break even.

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@Placeholder7o7 @NerdAthens Why would you expect any one else to waste their time reading articles on your behalf?

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@Michael98746409 @mspdawg @NerdAthens You moved from Athens to Gaza? Thought and prayers to you bud, but you should probably log off Twitter and worry about protecting your family.