[Logophile]

State officials say that to solve traffic congestion it's better to use tolls rather than raise gas taxes to build more roads and complete them faster.

That makes sense to me.

Every so often I have occasion to drive into Mexico. On the way back, I have the choice of taking the "free" bridge or the toll bridge. I always take the toll bridge, because the crossing takes just ten or fifteen minutes. In contrast, the wait to cross the "free" bridge can be an hour or two. In my case, at least, the toll bridge is the cheaper alternative.

[potlatch]

This is interesting to me because we go to Mexico frequently and no matter where we cross we have to pay a fee going into Mexico and a fee coming out of Mexico.

I have never heard the words 'free bridge' or 'toll bridge' used in south Texas.

[basil]

Why are we always so fast to fall for the old "to build more roads, we have to raise taxes" routine. We are taxed out the whazoo now--why don't we demand more efficient use of the taxes that are collected?

There is so much wasted money in every level of our government. Why are we standing still for this and just assuming that it's the only way things can be.

One way to save plenty of money is to cut out all the waste in school spending. Cut out the numerous School superintendants, for starters, and the rest of that bunch. We don't need mulitmillion dollar sports complexes.

We have just gotten used to this being the way businsss is done in any government program. Time to take a deep breath and start demanding a pull back on a lot of this stuff.