Should state governments clear the snow or let the market and private citizens

[malaise]

do it themselves? Remember government is the enemy.

[graham4anything]

1. +1

[Scuba]

2. At your house or mine?

Here in Wisconsin, I'm glad that we have snow plow drivers working for the County government. My house is on the "medical" list and they always make sure we are plowed out before I have to take my daughter to dialysis.

Government isn't the problem, government is the solution.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Traffic would come to a standstill if the road in front of each

property owner were dependent upon that property owner or the snow removal company it contracted to remove the snow. Matter of fact, it would be unpredictable whether the contracted company could even drive to that patch of the road if the roads were cleared to begin with.

[Nye Bevan]

4. Here, the town clears public streets but not private roads.

The residents of private streets are responsible for the snow clearance.

[slackmaster]

5. Only of there actually is snow to clear

How's your country's bobsled team doing, BTW?

[shadowrider]

6. In my experience, local government clears main thoroughfares, not side roads

those are done by either private citizens or private citizens with their own company under contract to those side roads. They're paid by a collection of funds from the citizens on a particular road.