[joma89]

So everyone pays their fair share and to a leftist, that is not fair.

JoMA

[CoastWatcher]

Help me understand: Tolls are set up so that the more you use the road the more you pay. So how is that Regressive?

[nicollo]

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.