So today we learn that the Maryland governor is rolling toll rates back to the 1970s.

[Stinky The Clown]

What a great guy! Yippee! Save a few bucks. How wonderful.

Of course, in the wake of this, there is no doubt the Road Fairy will take care of the state's crumbling infrastructure.

[AuntPatsy]

1. Good news

[NaturalHigh]

2. Road tolls are hardest on the poor...

just like grocery sales taxes. Rich people don't sweat them while poor people might actually have to budget for them if they want to go somewhere.

[justiceischeap]

3. And we still have potholes the size of small cars in MD

how's that going to get paid for?

[Fred Sanders]

5. As Alberta is about to pay for infrastructure, with it's new socialist government, new taxes on corporations and the rich.

[yeoman6987]

6. It's supposed to be with gas tax.

Maryland has a high gas tax rate and it is supposed to be used for roads and infrastructure. Sure would like to know where it is used. Tolls are outrageous. Sorry but almost 20 bucks to get out of Maryland going North. This will save the working class and poor a lot of money especially if gas stays low.

[Art_from_Ark]

9. So what does Maryland do with state gasoline taxes?

How does the state use other automobile-related taxes?

[justiceischeap]

10. O'Malley tried raising the 23.5 cent gas tax in 2010

saying it wasn't enough to repair roads. It's now 30.3 per gallon and I don't know what they're doing with it. There are some repairs going on locally but our roads really need to be repaved, not patched.

[HereSince1628]

4. if they make it look like a loser, people will be more agreeable to privatize it.

Then I image tolls will return to profitable levels.

[hootinholler]

7. Fucking "RainTax" Hogan

I can't believe that shit worked for him.

[Stinky The Clown]

11. Amazing, isn't it?

This was a pure stunt to make him appear to give a fuck.

He is the prototypical pasty old white guy who only cares about other pasty old white guys.

Fuck him.

[qwlauren35]

8. This helps my family a lot.

My husband does a lot of driving for his nearly minimum wage job and sometimes goes through the Harbor Tunnel a few times in one day. That's $16. It's almost not worth it for him to work.