Posted on 12/24/2014 6:49:54 AM PST by iowamark
They didn’t build that......
I don’t want you paying for my roads.
I’m not addicted to the federal nipple.
Indiana sold the Tollroad to some Spaniards.
That’s not even making sense.
“Indiana sold the Tollroad to some Spaniards.”
...and what happened to the toll rates, and how does that compare with the cost of actually operating the roads?
Hint - much of the tolls now are to pay off the debt that Cintra has from purchasing (technically, leasing) the road in the first place. It has NOTHING TO DO with the cost of operating the road. Instead, Mitch Daniels got himself a nice $6 BILLION slush fund (i.e., the money from selling the road) to hand out to his friends. Nice deal for him, but not for people that live in and drive through Northern Indiana.
I believe that one is still able to use studded tires though.
Can’t argue that.
Yes, and those costs would be passed to them in some other way. Government vehicles? Through fees and other taxes. Businesses? Through the price of goods and services.
Yep, even people who never buy a drop of gas help pay for the roads. They buy stuff and the price includes the cost of roads for the makers and distributors.
There you go. What could be more better than "fair"? And " needful" and "necessary" and "good for the environment"?
Who could argue with any of that? " General welfare", "necessary purposes", "malice toward none", "freedom from want", "civil rights", "affirmative action" -- what could be wrong with any of that? Sign me up!
Like, say, lots of New Yorkers, who cannot imagine a road toll or gas tax so high that you shouldn't pay it.
People like, say, MSM and PBS people.... People like Woody Allen and other perverts.
>> If you like your transportation, you can keep your transportation.
LOL... # yeah...
Discussion is intended only to give the guys who've already made up their minds (and yours, if you let them) some air cover for putting in the fix, screwing you, roasting your chestnuts over an open fire, bending you over like wet spaghetti -- capiche?
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