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Says 'toll roads, no; gas tax, yes' Web posted Aug. 09 at 05:26 PM I agree the nation's infrastructure is in need of repair but toll roads
are not the answer. Setting up a toll system would necessitate the
creation of another federal bureaucracy with thousands of new federal
workers eating from the public trough.
The toll booths would require maintenance and people to do the
maintenance, only adding to the cost of the toll. Why don't we just raise
the gas tax? Gas down at the corner today is only 87 cents and Americans
are driving bigger cars than ever. I think we could all afford a dime
increase on a gallon of gas.
The mechanisms for collecting this tax are already in place; all that
would have to be done is to raise the percentage collected. This is a much
more efficient and sensible solution for raising the required revenue than
establishing a toll system. There is also the remote possibility that once
the repairs were made the tax could be lowered. A toll system would be
with us forever.
Eric Dalton, North Augusta
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