[the_watcher]

> “Why should we have to pay to use a payment system? It’s like paying to use a street,” Hockett asked at a press conference announcing the proposal.

I'm probably ambivalent about a "public" banking system, but this comment seems to ignore that we quite literally do pay for using streets in the form of taxes (indirect) and tolls (direct).

[globuous]

Don't we pay for streets though, indirectly through municipal taxes or what not ?

[the_watcher]

That is exactly what my comment stated.