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In reply to the discussion: So they're planning a system of toll plazas on our nation's highways. [View all]uncle ray
(3,157 posts)61. goddamn those toll operators.
with their forcing people to loan out cars to douchey friends and ignore bills received that clearly relate to the loaning out of said car.
true, the signs on Denvers E470 tollroad are not clear on HOW you will be charged, but they are very clear that you are using a toll road and are incurring charges.
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So they're planning a system of toll plazas on our nation's highways. [View all]
woo me with science
Mar 2012
OP
May be like the ones in Denver--where you don't stop (and you may well NOT know you've incurred $$)
hlthe2b
Mar 2012
#1
As if we didn't know this would happen. But I remember being told we were 'paranoid' by
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#115
This is about mass privatization and increasing corporate profits. Simple as that.
Zalatix
Mar 2012
#32
Where's the conspiracy theory? You have not answered the question 'who is going
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#117
Exactly. This is regressive, and adds an entire layer of corporate involvement
woo me with science
Mar 2012
#97
Was there some reason why you didn't just post a link rather than make it necessary
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#116
Yup. It is hardly conspiracy to anticipate the behavior of Homeland Security,
woo me with science
Mar 2012
#55
Who is going to profit from this? Who will be collecting the tolls? What about poor people
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#118
Well it looks like the Toll Amendment has been withdrawn, see downthread. You can stop
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#121
The interstate system was supposed to be FREE from tolls, paid by gas tax.
Warren Stupidity
Mar 2012
#122
It passed, but the Tolling Amendment is off the table for now. So, I guess the OP was
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#124