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[–] 12 points 1 month ago (6 children)

So many here are so happily accepting the very concept of a toll road, it's kind of gross.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago

    Not OC but I agree with him. Where I live, the toll roads are owned by private corporations, some of them entirely foreign owned corporations, and the rates are obscenely high. It isn't about maintaining the road; instead it is about rent seeking behavior and maximizing shareholder profits. That is abhorrent to me. Public goods should be owned by the public.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    Americans want good roads but don't want to pay taxes or tolls to keep them maintained.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    We already pay the taxes. Tolls are on top of that to private corporations and that money is kept not used for road repair. Don't talk about things you don't know.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    In most countries, every highway is a toll road instead of taxing fuel. Though an increasing number use a prepaid vignette or plate based mail billing instead, not actual physical tool booths like we're in the 80s.

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