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Professor and Transportation Finance Expert: Tolls “Inefficient, Regressive Tax”
The Yankee Institute for Public Policy ^
| January 28, 2019
| Marc E. Fitch
Posted on 02/08/2019 11:12:45 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: joma89
So everyone pays their fair share and to a leftist, that is not fair
Exactly.
If the revenue is used 100% for the roads, then tolls are precisely the most appropriate tax. Sadly, and like many taxes, the revenue usually gets diverted to other uses.
NJ Turnpike has largely -- but not entirely -- avoided this trap, which is why it is the most successful, customer-oriented road system in the nation.
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02/09/2019 7:29:51 PM PST
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nicollo
(I said no!)
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