A device to pay tolls can be anonimized. It does not need to be a tool of big brother or even big private corporation. There are several wallet systems that lready exist that are anonymous.<br><br>Kelly<br><br><span style="font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif;"><br><br></span><span id="signature"><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;color: #999999;">-- Sent from my Palm Pre</div><br></span><span style="color:navy; font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif; "><hr align="left" style="width:75%">On Mar 4, 2011 11:31 AM, Richard Loosemore <rpwl@lightlink.com> wrote: <br><br>BillK wrote:
<br>> So you have to track every member of society to see what chargeable
<br>> services they are using and send them a monthly bill. Is that really
<br>> the Libertarian society you want?
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<br>That's a nice argument! ;-)
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<br>One of the natural end points of libertarian thinking is that everyone
<br>has to be monitored, to track the costs they are incurring, so they can
<br>be charged.
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<br>But of course, the government should not do the monitoring, and instead
<br>each person must carry around some kind of device to count the people
<br>who need to be made to pay....
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<br>So all these motorists in London each have to carry some kind of device
<br>in their car so that when a pedestian tries to use the road and slow
<br>them down, the motorist can somehow get money out of them: "You want to
<br>cross in front of my car? There's a toll!".
<br>
<br>So what is the device that will let them do this? Ah, yes, a gun.
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<br>Richard Loosemore
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