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		ekianjo on April 16, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why New York City Stopped Building Subways > The government should be concerned with the long term benefit to the city overall. The government should first be concerned by not crushing individuals' rights. That is what Rule of Law is for. Many societies have been utterly destroyed by putting "the general good" as a pretext for policies.

rayiner on April 16, 2018 | [–]

What “rights” do individual property owners have to public streets adjacent to their property?

fwn on April 17, 2018 | | [–]

Contingency.

That's just a standard good governance principle.

thegayngler on April 17, 2018 | [–]

Doesn't the government subsidize these businesses while construction goes on? I guess I was under the impression they would be subsidized.

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