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To: SamAdams76

The b**tards tried to places tolls I-80 a few years ago in PA. Thank God it failed.


4 posted on 01/13/2018 8:18:02 AM PST by bjcoop
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To: bjcoop

“The b**tards tried to places tolls I-80 a few years ago in PA. Thank God it failed.”

There are winners and losers in every tax scheme. When the plan to put tolls on I-80 failed (Republican idea), the revenue was eventually achieved through the 30 cent per gallon increase in the state gasoline tax (Democrat idea).

A good chunk of all that money goes to urban mass transit subsidies. Same for the $450 million assessed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commision annually.

The problem with these interlocking tax subsidies is that nobody really knows what they are getting for their toll/tax dollar any more.


8 posted on 01/13/2018 8:36:58 AM PST by Tallguy
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