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Bobbie Jo

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22. Oh yeah

Thu May 1, 2014, 01:37 PM

May 2014

Speaking of minimum wage....

Currently sitting on Boehner's desk to rot, alongside unemployment insurance.

So yeah, let's throw a fit over the prospect of toll roads.

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For DUers who haven't lived somewhere with toll roads, technologies have advanced [View all] MohRokTah May 2014 OP

And that's fantastic LittleBlue May 2014 #1

Love the gif! Lars39 May 2014 #3

Colbert can always express LittleBlue May 2014 #11

Oh,yes! :-) Lars39 May 2014 #14

Oh yeah Bobbie Jo May 2014 #22

Spot on. Perfect gif as well. nt laundry_queen May 2014 #86

word frylock May 2014 #106

and raising gas taxes doesn't effect the poor? VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #152

We have those at the tollways in Colorado. backscatter712 May 2014 #2

I have gotten 2 tickets on 470 SomethingFishy May 2014 #9

Didn't that change recently? backscatter712 May 2014 #34

It may have, this was a couple years ago and I don't SomethingFishy May 2014 #52

They've been rolling that out in NYC. sir pball May 2014 #142

Fabulous. I still can't afford it. nt Codeine May 2014 #4

Same shit on a different platter. Throd May 2014 #5

If your state's Senators won't vote for infrastructure funds, this is what happens. JoePhilly May 2014 #6

So, the Democratic Party should commit political suicide just to spite Red State voters? Laelth May 2014 #57

How many Democratic Senators support it? JoePhilly May 2014 #61

I don't know. n/t Laelth May 2014 #63

It's going to be more common & has nothing to do with Dems, but GOP who won't raise taxes themaguffin May 2014 #154

Technology is awesome. bluedigger May 2014 #7

We already pay for the roads. We pay federal tax upaloopa May 2014 #8

EXACTLY^^^ hlthe2b May 2014 #12

...... A HERETIC I AM May 2014 #30

I took three dollars from my left pocket... Atman May 2014 #35

I don't think I want to know. greatauntoftriplets May 2014 #53

National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank upaloopa May 2014 #82

You said...... A HERETIC I AM May 2014 #138

What ever upaloopa May 2014 #140

My thoughts exactly! Aerows May 2014 #114

And it is possible to be charged without even knowing it--receiving a bill in your mail-- hlthe2b May 2014 #10

Driven in Florida lately? Atman May 2014 #38

Evidently, you haven't ... Mika May 2014 #72

Well, yeah... a couple of months ago... Atman May 2014 #80

I SO love the government tracking where & when I drive on the interstates Lurks Often May 2014 #13

OTOH... pipi_k May 2014 #27

Oh, well. Okay then. kcr May 2014 #15

And if you are out of state and you are confused a little itsrobert May 2014 #16

Doesn't work for most Glitterati May 2014 #17

Sounds like a bad design. bunnies May 2014 #23

Anyone who votes for this will never get a vote from me. Bluenorthwest May 2014 #18

"Open road" and "tolling"; an oxymoron if ever Codeine May 2014 #19

It is worse betterdemsonly May 2014 #20

Based on the tollroads around here tammywammy May 2014 #26

I concur. kentauros May 2014 #32

So having to take the long way home betterdemsonly May 2014 #36

I would recommend whichever state you personally enjoy the most. kentauros May 2014 #74

Your governor trashes California betterdemsonly May 2014 #76

I go by how and what people say around here. kentauros May 2014 #81

My post was about the problem with deregulation and antilabor views betterdemsonly May 2014 #83

I did nothing of the sort, kentauros May 2014 #84

Why don't you post a link where I just bashed texas betterdemsonly May 2014 #85

Well, if you insist: kentauros May 2014 #92

I don't get it betterdemsonly May 2014 #93

If your claims aren't true, then you need to make corrections, kentauros May 2014 #94

Where did I say you supported republicans? betterdemsonly May 2014 #95

Sigh. kentauros May 2014 #100

I would say you are the one inferring betterdemsonly May 2014 #103

I'm not following you around. tammywammy May 2014 #107

It's kind of a gotcha around the airport in Dallas jberryhill May 2014 #49

you take 35N to 635West...easy peasy :) snooper2 May 2014 #67

Well, I can understand that with Dallas. kentauros May 2014 #69

Austin is working on making Loop 1 Texasgal May 2014 #113

Yeah, I've gotten stuck in rush-hour traffic on MoPac before. kentauros May 2014 #116

here it's called "last exit before toll" on a humongous sign. nt dionysus May 2014 #164

Yay! cherokeeprogressive May 2014 #21

It's called a police checkpoint krispos42 May 2014 #24

It's a public frigging road. There is no expectation of privacy on a public frigging road. eom MohRokTah May 2014 #25

Which means they have OPTION to do it krispos42 May 2014 #121

I would suggest you read the Fourth Amendment. cherokeeprogressive May 2014 #131

Which is pretty inefficient in the first place jberryhill May 2014 #51

The most efficient method of all is to raise the gas tax krispos42 May 2014 #122

I agree. Now convince the Republcians who control the House. MohRokTah May 2014 #123

Obama came out for supporting tolls, right? krispos42 May 2014 #125

He'd need to threaten to veto any bill that adds funding for infrastructure MohRokTah May 2014 #127

They already do from the micro tracking beads whistler162 May 2014 #159

it's the nanomites, man, they're in everything (even the weed)!11!!!1 dionysus May 2014 #165

Easier to separate people from their hard earned money seveneyes May 2014 #28

And for those of you that assume because some of us haven't driven in the NE, kentauros May 2014 #29

You don't have to stop at troll booths, it's called open road trolling. Ichingcarpenter May 2014 #31

Wonderful! Atman May 2014 #33

Color me crazy, but I don't think waiting at toll booths is the primary concern here. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #37

Are you implying your own personal support for toll roads? Trajan May 2014 #39

I got a far better idea nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #40

GREAT IDEA! MohRokTah May 2014 #41

You put in tolls, you ain't gonna ever get rid of them nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #42

I agree. MohRokTah May 2014 #43

At this point, we need the President to issue a few executive orders nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #45

He issued an executive order. MohRokTah May 2014 #47

So I give up nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #50

So you have no answer. MohRokTah May 2014 #54

You want me to give you an answer for which I pay my employees to do nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #56

Nadin gave you an answer obviously you did not like it HangOnKids May 2014 #46

Sounds like some pretzel logic to me. Rex May 2014 #60

Do you think it is? hrmjustin May 2014 #117

+1,000,000 nt laundry_queen May 2014 #88

There used to be a toll on the Coronado Bridge here in San Diego, rudolph the red May 2014 #135

So because Congress is petulant, we foist the cost burden onto the poor, myrna minx May 2014 #87

Rich stay Rich and the poor get even poorer, what's not to love? dilby May 2014 #44

Advanced to the point where you can get double or triple billed by misaligned sensors. hobbit709 May 2014 #48

SunPass is Florida is currently being sued for that very thing. Ikonoklast May 2014 #128

It's political suicide for the Democratic Party. Laelth May 2014 #55

Meanwhile, everybody who drives is having their car damaged on a daily basis due to the roads. MohRokTah May 2014 #58

There's nothing reasonable that we can do at this time. Laelth May 2014 #59

If Democrats had any brains at all laundry_queen May 2014 #91

Read this with the OP nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #124

i lost both of my right side hubcaps this year due to potholes... they should basically repave most dionysus May 2014 #166

So? Okay, so what about people that cannot afford one more additional 'sacrifice'? Rex May 2014 #62

Collateral damage etherealtruth May 2014 #118

If it were guaranteed that private companies would not set rates, I'd have little problem with it. LanternWaste May 2014 #64

In Illinois, it's the government that sets the toll rates. MohRokTah May 2014 #65

Not in Georgia. The teapublicans are handing our highways over to private companies. Glitterati May 2014 #68

So the way Illinois does it = right and the way Georgia does it = wrong. MohRokTah May 2014 #70

But if this goes through, it would be up to each individual state to determine what is right and wha LanternWaste May 2014 #78

They already ARE. Glitterati May 2014 #98

It's the only way this CAN go through. MohRokTah May 2014 #109

and the government had to agree to that Niceguy1 May 2014 #104

Yeah, when that happens, everyone is screwed. Glitterati May 2014 #66

Holy crap! $8.00 to drive 3 miles? Truly highway robbery! Lars39 May 2014 #71

You gotta be crazy to spend that! Glitterati May 2014 #73

Still steep. Dang Lars39 May 2014 #75

All the teabaggin' states are follow the leader states Glitterati May 2014 #97

Simply infuriating! Lars39 May 2014 #99

Sorry, but I'm about to make your day worse. No competitive bidding Glitterati May 2014 #110

omg Lars39 May 2014 #111

Yep Glitterati May 2014 #112

I come in on a toll road every day Gothmog May 2014 #77

I love tolls so much I sometimes just randomly throw money out the window !!! Bonx May 2014 #79

Okay, that made me laugh! kentauros May 2014 #101

spitting out my coffee.....! ancianita May 2014 #158

Here's what I saw, "it's called open road trolling." Autumn May 2014 #89

. hrmjustin May 2014 #126

Too much time on MIRT... Agschmid May 2014 #144

I guess. Fortunately, the required technology for a GAS TAX is lower. Pholus May 2014 #90

Then get the GOP to increase the gas tax. MohRokTah May 2014 #108

But they'll hop right on this toll thingie? Pholus May 2014 #115

Totally possible for someone *not* internet savvy to go on a long trip Lars39 May 2014 #96

Right, and it's certainly here on the east coast. elleng May 2014 #102

have they advanced to the point where someone making shit wages and driving 50+ miles.. frylock May 2014 #105

I don't think those promoting this scheme ... etherealtruth May 2014 #119

Cross the George Washington Bridge from NJ to NY etherealtruth May 2014 #120

Interesting how nobody thought this was a good idea for 45 minutes or so until you all LeftyMom May 2014 #129

Interesting how there were several "toll outrage" threads... jberryhill May 2014 #132

People responded to something the president said on a political message board? You don't say. LeftyMom May 2014 #133

...and then people responded to the postings jberryhill May 2014 #134

Sorry guys, the timing gave you away. LeftyMom May 2014 #136

Lol jberryhill May 2014 #137

I make about 1k a month, it's pretty cushy. Agschmid May 2014 #146

Is that your direct pay or your downline percentages jberryhill May 2014 #147

Whaaaaat! Agschmid May 2014 #148

Sid Dithers jberryhill May 2014 #149

Must be! Agschmid May 2014 #150

Not yet jberryhill May 2014 #153

It was end of quarter... SidDithers May 2014 #157

Yup. Agschmid May 2014 #145

Interesting how all the most devoted libertarian-hunters are all JoeyT May 2014 #139

Interesting the way that works. Autumn May 2014 #141

Sweet! We can pay gas taxes AND tolls! Awesome! neverforget May 2014 #130

Mass to go all electronic by 2016... Agschmid May 2014 #143

You talking privatized or government run ismnotwasm May 2014 #151

I'm in Illinois where it is 100% government run. MohRokTah May 2014 #156

Not in Chicago. The Chicago Skyway and Toll Road were leased in 2004. It took years to improve it. ancianita May 2014 #161

The technology is so great that if you have an HOV exemption Gormy Cuss May 2014 #155

Do not ask for whom the road tolls. It tolls for thee. And truckers. They are gonna be pissed. ancianita May 2014 #160

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #162

Most of the tolls on these roads go to line the pockets of corporations, not to the government. alarimer May 2014 #163