Imported through the Port of Houston? I don't think so. Yes, and you shouldn't need to do so. There are very simple models to charge for use of roads, and it can be done automatically now by license plate. I don't need to be paying for highway maintenance in Alaska, which I will never even see, let alone use.
Is everything about money with you? You complain more about paying taxes than anyone else here. It's a small amount to live in one of the best countries in the world.
Don’t think there is a federal interstate highway in AK. AK's roads are likely all paid by local taxes and not federal taxes. You do use the federal interstate. The interstate was originally for defense purposes. Good thing we haven't seen wars at home, but if we do, it will come in handy. Not just to move military equipment around but also to evac population. Commerce, production, entertainment, postal service, and so on uses the federal interstate systems. You pay lower prices due to reduced costs.
The interstate was built to mil-spec standards to be use primarily as commerce routes originally and to this day. We currently and always have used the interstate system to move our war machine. We use it to efficiently manufacture all over the country and deploy the products to our ports to be used all over the world. It wasn't built as a 'defensive' purpose but to move the war machine. Poorly built roads and railroads were soft targets presenting logistical nightmares that were exposed during WWII. This is a basic concept the Romans used to control their empire for decades. They could quickly and efficiently deploy their armys' all over the empire while invading forces would be bogged down on primitive trails.
How do you know? the Port of Houston is a major US port with lots of goods going through it including parts of other things. Except that maintaining interstate commerce is specifically one of the functions of the government in the US Constitution. Kind of hard to maintain interstate commerce without interstates.
long essay on Garagegate in The NY Times Oh, Biden, What Have You Done? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/opinion/joe-biden-classified-documents.html
Alaska most definitely has interstate highways. In fact, the US Federal Government pays Canada to build and maintain the Alaska highway that connects the mainland US to Alaska. In addition, because that highway is considered an interstate corridor, it also means that the highway portions that extend into Alaska (from Yukon to Fairbanks and Anchorage for example) are also part of the interstate system. Also, the Alaska Ferry system gets federal highway funding because it is also an interstate connection (connecting Washington to Alaska). It doesn't have an interstate number but for funding purposes, it is more or less considered an interstate highway.
He can have no regrets about it but that shouldn't be how the law works. The investigation into him might well exonerate him but I would rather have it than just take the President's word at it.
His point is also incredibly short sighted. Take the Alaska example. Everyone benefits from Alaska's federally funded transportation infrastructure. Anchorage is the single largest cargo hub in the world and all of that airport infrastructure that enables this is funded by federal money. Not to mention to even bring goods to Anchorage generally requires the use of highways. Same with port infrastructure. Everyone benefits from the Valdez port since its the primary the corridor to move crude oil out of Alaska. The investment in infrastructure in a place like Alaska more than pays for itself. This logic extends throughout the country. How can anyone expect stores to maintain inventory at a reasonable price without interstate highways to move goods from point to point? Same with other types of transportation infrastructure.
You are absolutely correct. They just aren't built to interstate standards for the most part. Most of the lengths of the Interstates in Alaska are not constructed to Interstate Highway standards, but are small, rural, two-lane undivided highways. Title 23 provides that "Highways on the Interstate System in Alaska and Puerto Rico shall be designed in accordance with such geometric and construction standards as are adequate for current and probable future traffic demands and the needs of the locality of the highway.
Why didn't you post the story from the famous conservative Regan writer David brooks? There's tons of favorable opinions that you always magically forget to glance over https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/...ytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Why are you such an effin troll? You do know he's trolling you right
@StupidMoniker disputing the idea that comparative advantage, public goods or commons problems exist because economics or something is some chefs kiss vintage D&D stuff.
As should be obvious I'm a huge proponent of infrastructure and do believe that it is one of the primary functions of government. The Founders certainly understood that government had a function to help maintain collective security and prosperity. Given that the US was both an agricultural and mercantile country at the time of the founding they understood the importance of ports for trade.
