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I would disagree on the police point and be very wary of the firefighters point. I view governments ONE and ONLY role as being protections of your freedoms. The police are there to immediately protect your freedoms and the courts are there to clarify everything once the dust settles. Without an "objective" protector, people would have to hire private retinues just to function in society. Not a good thing to have armed bands of mercenaries walking the streets. So police and military (internal and external threats to your rights).Firefighters...that's a bit tricky. The Objectivist in me argues that people can be more or less responsible with their house/belongings and not do stupid things that contribute to fires. That being said, there are a TON of fires every year that no one has any control over. Plus, what about the fire that starts in one place and travels? Seems silly to just let a fire rage out of control purely because the first guy couldn't afford his firefighter protection.I will totally go with you on private roads, however. The government has got to be just about the worst group of "civil engineers" that has ever existed. And since we are paying HUGE taxes for it, AND they have the nerve to charge us tolls lots of the time, I say to hell with that. I'd rather pay a toll to a private company (that would do a MUCH better job of repairing and building roads) and pay no taxes for it. All they have to do is set up something similar to a private EZpass, and it would work fine. And people who travel less would save more money. Seems to make sense to me!
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