The federal gasoline tax is not enough. We must have the ability to expand the Toll Road authority patronage program and number of Federal employees. Tolls work so well in fiscal meccas like Illinois and New Jersey.
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They're not satisfied till they take 110 percent cause there are infinite number of ways to spend other people's money. You exist to serve this ship.
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I&O party apparatchiks will be provided free bar coded passes. Prole tollbooth scofflaws will be photographed and stored in a massive Utah database. Ah what the heck, we'll photograph everyone !
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In my early youth, I remember my Dad telling me that the politicians promised the new Interstate roads in Illinois would only charge tolls until they were paid off.
I suppose the politicians never stated as to what or who was being 'paid off'.
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05/07/2014 12:27 Comments ||
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The extra spending would be paid for by changes to business taxes, including a proposal to close corporate loopholes, such as ones that encourage U.S. companies to invest overseas.
Ohferfuxsake again with the overseas corporate loopholes really? How about starting with the boondoggle of ethanol subsidies? Everyone knows the leftists have a fascination for Choo-Choo trains but isnt it time to look towards all the taxpayers billions that gets squandered on railroads? Maybe its time the Indian reservations start to pony up for infrastructure? Perchance the reduction of waste, fraud, and abuse as a source of revenue might not be a pipes dream if the Critters would bend on their pet projects. And what about all the money that gets flushed for bike trails, turtle crossings, and road side museums? Perhaps they might want to look into controlling the costs by more competitive bidding so the union guy that picks up cones isnt earning more than the average stock broker. Streamlining the permit process might go along way so every god damn Green lawyer cant sue for decades with dozens of environmental impact statements. Or maybe the EPA can back off a little and, for instance, not designate gravel pit dust as dangerous toxic emissions. Individually these suggestions are chump change but added together it at least might slow the tax more first crowd.
"Once I saw their weight-load calculations, I knew we had to shut it down right away. We couldn't wait until May 29."[19] The thirteen toll booth employees were laid off.
Interesting story behind that bridge a nice little money maker for insiders evidently. I'd pitch in to send Frank on a mission to survey that sucker.
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They have these in Oklahoma. The philosophy is why should they pay for something used by people who are passing thru. An interesting side note is, when you get on, you get a time stamped toll receipt. When you get off, if you're early you get a speeding ticket.
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05/07/2014 15:30 Comments ||
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When you get off, if you're early you get a speeding ticket.
You can mitigate that by stopping in at one of the fine rest areas for the 'necessities', thus burning off some time.
The need for a 'necessities stop' is possibly why one would be speeding in the first place.
Posted by: Mullah Richard ||
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If they would take gas taxes and use them for highways it would help, but often it goes into the general fund, and the highways O&M budgets are fooked. Bike paths ok.
Posted by: Alaska Paul ||
05/07/2014 18:27 Comments ||
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a favorite scam is to build commuter lanes with gas tax money paid by everyone - add a Fastrak pass requirement for single drivers (toll) and not do any further upgrades to the highway that the 95% use. Then use the gas tax remainder to environmentally offset any damage done to do the commuter lane widening. So you pay for lanes you can't use, pay a toll to use them, and pay for enviro offsets for lanes you can't use without paying a toll.
Sweeet
Posted by: Frank G ||
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[iol Nuus] Washington - President Champ is expected to meet Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Jarba during his visit to the United States this week, a senior US official told AFP Tuesday.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said "we expect that the president will meet" Jarba during his visit.
He did not give further details on the likely timing of the meeting, with Champ scheduled to travel outside Washington to Arkansas and California between Wednesday and Friday.
Jarba's office last week said he would head to the United States for an eight-day visit from May 7, seeking sophisticated weapons for rebels battling the ruling regime.
Jarba, the head of the Syrian opposition in exile, is also due to meet US Secretary of State John Kerry, National Security Adviser Susan Rice, congressmen, senators and the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties, his office said.
Jarba holds a bachelor of law and is also member of the Revolutionary Council of Syrian Clans representing Al-Hasakah and has close ties with the Saudi Arabian government. He is a leader of the powerful Shammar tribe, which has branches in Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.[2]
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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