Comment Re:Hamburger Analogy (Score 1) 431
Preventing people from travelling/taxing it beyond reason is only something you would want to do if you wanted to stifle the economy.
If setting the price of something at market equilibrium is "taxing it beyond reason," then you must think eBay's prices are unreasonably high.
Increasing traffic throughput improves the economy, but diminishing returns says that at some point, it's no longer worth the cost. Before you choose to widen a road, you should determine whether the benefits are actually worth the cost.