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> Doesn't the state provide roads for Amazon Amazon is already paying for using the roads, since they are by large toll-roads.

• xrd 6y ago
  I haven't done the math on that kind of infrastructure project. I would be very curious (and open minded) about seeing an analysis of how payment for roads plays out, especially with toll roads. In the Portland, OR area (where I live) there are zero toll roads. Maybe that's why I am biased to feeling like state funding these projects is necessary. If Amazon (and anyone else that uses them) were paying for them, perhaps I would think differently.
  • roamerz 6y ago
    The roads in Oregon are paid by a fuel and or license tax. Thus everyone that uses them weather it be commercial or personal pays for them not the state. When you consider the recently failed joint OR-Wa bridge project you get to see what happens when state bureaucracy is in control.
    • xrd 6y ago
      That's a good point. But, isn't it necessary to have the state instituting those taxes? Gas is much cheaper in other states, I wonder how they pay for the same roads. I actually always viewed the failure of the bridge project as a sign that people won over bureaucrats. I felt like it would add a lot of traffic congestion and not solve problems the right way. I would like to read more about what you are suggesting, do you have any links that speak to your viewpoint?