Thanks...I am getting tired of trying to persuade people to see what is happening to them. I am not opposed to the rich. It is that the thought came to me that the poorer people in Austin can NOT afford to get on the toll roads. Therefore, the upper classes can enjoy convenience on their level, while the peons slave below. That's all. I do NOT advocate Socialism, but something is wrong with this toll road system.
The government should quit misspending our tax money and build better roads with the taxes instead of having a private company do it and as a consequence make the quick, convenient way available to the people of means, and not the poor. The problem is, I believe, one of mismanagement of tax funds by the government. Perhaps the issue is one of the government not controlling costs and planning adequately to provide roads and the band aid solution became toll roads. Perhaps the solution is to, within a city's limits, have ALL people pay a toll to use ALL of the roads and control costs to keep the toll affordable.
“The government should quit misspending our tax money and build better roads with the taxes instead of having a private company do it”
That is what they do.
The government sends out bids for contractors to respond to and if they win, they build and get paid by tax dollars.
Toll roads are built and in some cases the company that builds the road gets paid back (with a profit) over time and the toll is over, sometimes the toll stands because of maintenance and upgrade requirements.
The “government” does not build roads, especially interstate or major roads. Government do limited maintenance but they do not do the actual building. . .so, when obummer says you didn’t build your business, that government built the roads you use, he is an idiot.
Government selects the contractor, a private business, that built the road.