Tough penalties, including funding cuts and loss of enforcement powers, are to be introduced by the Government for councils flouting new local support requirements in low-traffic zones.
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Earth Day & Capitalism Like Vinegar and Oil?
Continuously, discussions focusing on degraded ecosystems and tipping points forcing climate change to ramp up to chaos many times center around the “C” word.
Not “c” as in “cancer.”
“Capitalism is destroying the planet,” said Pat DeLaquil, an energy policy expert working with various governments, NGO’s and the private sector to “help achieve economic development and combating climate change.”
(CW) — As local governments around the United States fail to fix badly damaged roads and infrastructure, private individuals and entities are undertaking voluntary efforts in their place. Anti-Media has previously documented multiple efforts by anarchist groups to fill potholes in Oregon and Indiana, and now, Domino’s Pizza has launched an initiative to repair them in cities throughout the country. According to the website […]
(ANTIMEDIA) Indianapolis, IN — As government agencies continue to prove themselves incompetent at local, state, and federal levels, some citizens are taking responsibilities typically assigned to the authorities into their own hands. One of these responsibilities is maintaining the roads, a task most people believe only government entities can carry out. In Indianapolis, Indiana, however, where the […]
The idea that massive government spending on infrastructure will create jobs is another myth. If you recall the $787 billion 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the Obama Administration told us that such fiscal stimulus would create jobs and promote economic recovery. There is simply no credible evidence that such Keynesian stimulus did anything to help economic recovery.
Picture it: You’re stuck in traffic on a two-lane highway, and the lanes converge into one up ahead. You merged early. You're patiently waiting your turn when some jerk zooms by, goes all the way to where lane ends, and merges in 15 cars ahead of you. That person is infuriating. But also they're improving efficiency for everyone.
Without the aid of clear market signals, it's very difficult and maybe impossible for governments to determine the optimal amount and nature of infrastructure spending, even with the best of intentions. Governments certainly lack an incentive to improve over time.
(ANTIMEDIA) Portland, OR — “Who will build the roads?” The question is a common response to the proposition that human beings can coexist peacefully in the absence of a government or even the concept of a State altogether. Anarchists often claim that in the absence of an institutionalized State, people will voluntarily organize and discover solutions to the problems they face, including the construction and maintenance of roads.
