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Nautical Charts... political troll
Dave wrote:
I should, of course, have said "incremental cost" rather than "marginal cost" in my previous post. Right, but Peter's point is still valid_ that it may cost more to bill for the data & collect payment than they are receiving, and the data itself is already paid for ...and there is enough "common good" benefit that it's not really bilking the taxpayers even if they don't have the foggiest idea why they need it. Charts are expensive, but I don't believe for a minute that yachtsmen have paid the entire cost of the surveying, much less everything else. And I don't believe we should, either; for the same reasons that I don't believe residents of the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina should bear the whole cost of rebuilding. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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