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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by pclmulqdq on Saturday December 27, 2025 @04:42PM (#46405543)
The people who use something should pay for its upkeep. It doesn't matter if that makes it a "regressive" tax. If you are a daily user of a road, you should pay more for its upkeep than someone who doesn't use the road.
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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by axiolite on Saturday December 27, 2025 @05:40PM (#46406123)
Why should a delivery driver pay the toll for the road to my house, and not me? Why should I be able to exploit flat-rate product pricing like that and skim some money from all customers of the delivery service?

Why should I pay the toll to drive to a friend's house? They're the one getting the benefit out of having easy access to transportation.

What if my taxes pay for all the roads in my town, while the neighboring town chooses to implement tolls instead? Why should I get double-taxed? Prisoner's dilemma and race-to-the-bottom?

Why should I have to deal with having my license plate stolen, and police time wasted (who are paid out of taxes), because of people who don't pay the tolls?

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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by hdgvhicv on Saturday December 27, 2025 @07:26PM (#46407027)
Delivery driver passes that costs of delivery on to you, so you do pay.
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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by tshaddox on Saturday December 27, 2025 @05:48PM (#46406196)
Why stop there? Why should I pay for my own food, given that my employer, friends, and family benefit from me being well nourished?
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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by thfuran on Saturday December 27, 2025 @04:54PM (#46405662)
>The people who use something should pay for its upkeep

Why? That doesn’t seem like a good way to run society.

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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by hoppyhoppy2 on Saturday December 27, 2025 @08:26PM (#46407460)
>The people who use something should pay for its upkeep.

Fee-for-service city parks? Public libraries? Fire departments? Sidewalks? What about investing in the "public good"?

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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by thfuran on Saturday December 27, 2025 @08:49PM (#46407607)
Public good? That sounds ripe for disruption. Won’t somebody please think of the shareholders!?
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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by tstrimple on Saturday December 27, 2025 @11:20PM (#46408407)
If that's the case, trucking companies should be paying 99.99% of taxes to maintain roads. They are responsible for almost all of the deterioration.

https://www.gao.gov/products/109954

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