[muawiyah]

Conservatives favor Capitalism and reject Socialism. Toll Roads are capitalistic and charge user fees. Free highways are socialistic and distribute the costs among people who don't even use those words.

The correct Conservative position is to demand toll roads and reject public roads.

[OwatonnaNative]

We already paid for the roads through out gas tax. Why should we then be forced to pay to use them? If the toll road vendor is a private contractor who is going to use his own money to build a new road and then charge for that product, I am all for it. That was not the case here. They wanted to make HWY 281 a toll road after we the taxpayers had already purchased the product. That is theft and thuggery - pure and simple...

[B Knotts]

Toll Roads are capitalistic and charge user fees.

They would be, if they were privately owned and operated.

But what we get is the worst kind of crony capitalism where companies get a lease to operate a toll road, which is still owned by government. Worst possible combination.

If we want to go with all toll roads, sell off the highway system to the highest bidder.

[stilloftyhenight]

What? Those roads were already paid for by the taxpayers. Then he sells them to foreigners who then tax the very people who paid for the roads via tolls simply because they need to use them? That is hardly Conservative. Your argument is bogus.