[MarshallDillon]

So this "Plan" we are all waiting patiently to see will be to charge rural Texans for your road??? Isn't that socialism????

Not any more socialist than people in Midland driving on State highways funded with my and your gas tax. Whats the difference? I'm not asking for anything.

[Deek]

Not any more socialist than people in Midland driving on State highways funded with my and your gas tax. Whats the difference? I'm not asking for anything.

*laugh* It my be "no more socialist", but it's still socialist. Tolling is the most fair way to fund these roads: I get to choose if I want to pay for the road (by paying a toll). The government doesn't dictate whether I must pay for some huge new project (like you and I are paying for the High-5 in Dallas).

The gas tax is fine for maintaining roads, but wouldn't you rather have a choice (through tolls) whether you want to pay for a road? Why do you object to me having a choice whether I want to py 75 cents to cut my comute by 30 minutes?