Scott Walker says he's open to tolling

The Wisconsin State Journal ^ | May 31, 2017 | Mark Sommerhauser

[Dr. Sivana]

No! Mimicking Illinois is a bad strategy. Wisconsin's DOT is far less efficient even than liberal states like Minnesota. As long as roundabouts are going up in rural districts, the money is being misspent.

Here is a recent boondoggle.

[vooch]

reduce/eliminate gas taxes
fully privatize interstates ( not a BS concession or lease )

is the way to go

let the free market do its magic - increase quality, lower costs

[Vlad The Inhaler]

Just another scam to add a new taxing mechanism.

It’s been done before.

Any reduction in other taxes to offset the new tax always ends up to be temporary.

Then you end up with both the old tax and the new tax.

[SeeSharp]

Replacing one tax with another never works. You always end up with both.

[moviefan8]

Tolling will increase the cost of everything. Bad for everyone.

There are no alternatives to interstates. It is not like buying cereal or other goods.

[thoughtomator]

Um, OK... this is awkward, but... I guess... if he insists...

ahem - Governor Walker, how long have you been beating your wife?

[BobL]

I sure hope Walker isn’t thinking much of running for President again - Mitch Daniels learned the hard way that selling off highways to well-connected Cronies is not a very smart path to the White House.

[PIF]

“reduce/eliminate gas taxes
fully privatize interstates ( not a BS concession or lease )
is the way to go
let the free market do its magic - increase quality, lower costs”

Glad to hear you will pay my tolls, thanks!

[PIF]

“
... elling off highways to well-connected Cronies is not a very smart path to the White House ...”

Or, in Walker’s case, to being reelected governor ...

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Connecticut House pulls plug on tolls, for at least one night

[9YearLurker]

There is nationwide momentum on adding tolls, and such momentum is seldom accidental.

IMO it is part of the overall squeeze meant to limit private car ownership and untracked driving in the country.

[Enlightened1]

Wow just remarkably stupid....

So glad this clown never made it to be President.

[Tax-chick]

I think this is a bad idea.

[Redmen4ever]

Better idea: rebate estimate gas tax to Wisconsin users who pay tolls via easy pass stickers. Offer reciprocation to motorists from other states.

Tolls aren’t bad. But paying twice (through the gas tax and again through tolls) is a bummer.

[HamiltonJay]

“Increase quality and lower costs”

Hahahahahahahsa You are a fool. Look at the Pa Turnpike if you think you will get lower costs or higher quality by selling or leasing the operation of public infrastructure.

You’ve been warned

[napscoordinator]

He was my number 1 candidate in 2016 for a minute (that he ran). He has done wonders to Wisconsin. I don’t mind tolls as Florida has them everywhere. But he said he is thinking about it....meaning it won’t go anywhere. Tolls are one of those things where you don’t HAVE to use them. It is a choice.

[BobL]

He knows it, which is why he never actually debates the topic or tries to give examples as to where they work. He’s either a Robert Poole clone (CATO Libertarian guy who thinks toll private roads will result in world peace and fulfillment), or a lobbyist. Hard to tell which.

[GoldenPup]

Scott Walker says he’s open to tolling

Scott Walker is an idiot, and the quicker the Wis. people realize it and get rid of him, the better off they will be.

[BobL]

“Tolls are one of those things where you don’t HAVE to use them. It is a choice.”

Technically you can hire a ferry to get you across rivers (in some locations), but there does come a point where the alternatives are not very practical. Try driving parallel to I-80 in Pennsylvania, for example - where the all the roads are diagonal, rather than east-west, as I-80 is.