From Pine View Farm

Taking a Toll 0

This is a really bad idea. It is grab for easy money to avoid making choices and it violates the spirit and purpose of the interstate system:

The McDonnell administration is asking the federal government for permission to put tolls on Interstate 95 near the North Carolina border.

It would be fairer to everyone to increase the gas tax a penny or two. If you want to soak drivers, soak all of us, not just some of us. After all, all of us are helping wear out the roads.

Aside: As a Virginian whose ancestry includes South Carolinians, I understand that persons might be willing to pay to leave North Carolina.

Afterthought: Imposing new taxes and calling them “user fees” is a Republican camouflage tactic that has been around since Reagan. You cannot expect straight government from folks who don’t talk straight.

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