This was evident while we were travelling on the road.

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By comparison, this year there were four million fewer vehicles on the road in America than there were the year before.

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If this were a road being repaved or a school being built, the legislature would vote on whether to spend the money and the public would witness the awarding of contracts via sealed bids.

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As an example, sales of the midsize Chrysler 200, which was regarded as one of the most forgettable cars on the road when it was named the Sebring, were up by a whopping 220 percent this March over the same period in 2011, and increased by 121 percent year-to-date.

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