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the real reason we're the land of the fee is that fees are soooo much more politically palatable than taxes....nm

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Feb 17 '11, 07:43

especially if they hit non-americans

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I thank the atheist equivalent of god that we don't have toll roads here. nm - Dignan Feb 17, 07:49 10
- They're coming. Even out here on the prairies. I give 'em til the end of the decade. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 17, 08:06 1
  - they already have one of those in Denver - znufrii Feb 17, 08:08
- I recently drove to PHL from the lehigh valley exit of the turnpike and it was like $3.50. I don't get how they justify that. - mandy Feb 17, 08:03 2
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    - The worst was when I was driving the U-Haul down from NYC - znufrii Feb 17, 08:06
- "New Jersey: The Tollbooth State" - znufrii Feb 17, 07:58 2
  - I love how Delaware's sole purpose is to collect money as you drive through. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 08:00 1
    - stop and buy a laptop on your way through. see that lack of sales tax? I'm willing to pay a couple bucks for the drivethrough - mandy Feb 17, 08:04
- I would much rather pay tolls than higher gas taxes. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:54
- I'd rather have tolls than highway taxes. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 07:53
Lower taxes and raise fees! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 17, 07:48 1
- heh -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:54
Paying for all the crap with taxes would end up with businesses bearing some of that burden and ticket prices going up anyway, right? -- nm - Amy Feb 17, 07:48 2
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  - I mean, you would pay the same price--your ticket would be itemized differently. -- nm - Amy Feb 17, 07:53
GA hopped about this train last year and I imagine will be using it more and more. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:47
That is an old trick in CA -- nm - con_carne Feb 17, 07:45 1
- Replace CA with everywhere. Our auto-registration....DAMMIT, mine's due in a week and I'm not home! good reminder... has gone from $30 every 2 years - Will Hunting Feb 17, 07:47

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