An Act Establishing the Metropolitan Transportation Network
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Everything politicians say is a lie.
Getting ahead of the curve. If E drivetrain breakthroughs are as close as I think, road funding will be a huge issue....
They’re going to run out of other people’s money soon. Stop the SALT deduction...Massachusetts’ communism is out of control and there’s no reason the rest of the country should fund their evil.
The liberals like to talk about taxing the rich, but at the end of the day it is the hard-working commuters and blue collar workers who will take it in the chin on this one.
This is an example of where technology can hurt people. If they had to put physical tollbooths on some of these roads they would have miles and miles of traffic jams. That is why they had to remove physical toll-booths on the Mass Pike.
With electronic billing they can toll anyone anywhere.
When the main toll road in the state, the Massachusetts Turnpike, was built in the 1950’s it was financed by bonds. Massachusetts citizens were told that, when the bonds were paid off (20-30 years), the tolls would be removed. Never happened. The bonds are paid off. The toll booths are gone, but the tolls remain (and undoubtedly will be rising). When asked about the former promise, Pols said they couldn’t afford to give up the cash flow.
If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I’ll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet.
Beatles - TAXMAN
They don’t call it “Taxachusetts” for nothing.
And yet, we have Conservatives explaining that tolls are a great private enterprise avenue to new or updated highways.
We pay gas taxes for that.
These tolls are a noose around our necks.
On a whim they screw with us any time they like.