> The subsidy the government has given American businesses a huge competitive advantage This is specious. It's the whole Bastiat "That which is seen and unseen

> The subsidy the government has given American businesses a huge competitive advantage This is specious. It's the whole Bastiat "That which is seen and unseen" problem of economic manipulation. You don't know what would have happened if trillions in resources hadn't been diverted. I find it very easy to argue things would be better if Ike had never taken over the highway system and federally subsidized it. We've wasted massive amounts of public resources spreading thinly used infrastructure out all over the land and it's been largely enabled by the interstate system. Also consider the absurd highway fatility/injury rate in America and how much that costs.