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Rat calls those against Tolls/milage tax "Morons"
https://www.rep-am.com ^ | March 28, 2019 | surrounded_too

Posted on 03/28/2019 7:56:46 AM PDT by Surrounded_too

We don't need no stinking Tolls.


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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

No I didn’t. I came here because this is BREAKING NEWS!!

How?


21 posted on 03/28/2019 8:14:36 AM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: PhxRising
Now this is ironic, since CT removed the tollbooths in the early 1980’s because, after wages and expenses, the tolls weren’t actually bringing in that much money.

While that was certainly part of it, the biggie was the toll crash that killed a bunch of people.

22 posted on 03/28/2019 8:15:28 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says)
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To: Puppage

Ha ha!


23 posted on 03/28/2019 8:15:45 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

“Georgia eliminated their one tool booth not long ago.”

Yes, I bought it at an auction and keep all of my tools in it.


24 posted on 03/28/2019 8:16:03 AM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: 9YearLurker

Now.
I left NY on short notice with plenty of angst, soon realized it was a good idea.
Just do it.


25 posted on 03/28/2019 8:18:04 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: cuban leaf

Yep, the tech has now surpassed E Z Pass. Here in NY the sensors are such that even slowing down is no longer necessary. If you have EZ Pass the sensor picks it up. If not multiple cameras recors your passing and a bill is sent to you. And now a few states are looking into chipped license plates which can be read by sensors anywhere, invluding PD vehicles. Big Brother is growing bigger.


26 posted on 03/28/2019 8:18:46 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: Surrounded_too

Lived in Fairfield County CT for 16 years ... from ‘76 to ‘92.
Early on in my CT years there were tolls on I-95 & the Merritt Parkway. By the time we left CT in ‘92 they were gone ... still have some toll tokens (in a box somewhere)left over from the Merritt Parkway days.


27 posted on 03/28/2019 8:18:54 AM PDT by BluH2o
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To: ctdonath2

Probably good advice.


28 posted on 03/28/2019 8:19:02 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: hanamizu

“So you had two choices, 455 AC—4 windows down at 55 mph”

It’s a wonder he didn’t get run over driving that slow in the 60’s.


29 posted on 03/28/2019 8:19:08 AM PDT by A Voice (MSM = Enemy of the People)
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To: Surrounded_too

How about a direct link to the article???


30 posted on 03/28/2019 8:21:11 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: samtheman

Let me see you drive to Rhode Island without driving through CT or MA. RI is a little socialist State too but it’s beautiful. Great for a vacation, just don’t move there.


31 posted on 03/28/2019 8:23:06 AM PDT by mistfree (It's a very uncreative man who can't think of more than one way to spell a word.)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

I helped stop Gwinnett county (GA) from implementing a sales tax of 1% on all purchases.

I was “The first whiff of organized MARTA opposition emerges in Gwinnett”

“Georgia eliminated their one tool booth not long ago.”


32 posted on 03/28/2019 8:28:06 AM PDT by Dacula (Be a better today than you were yesterday and an even better person tomorrow.)
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To: mistfree

You got me thinking about RI. One hears most of the states mentioned over time in the national news. But one rarely hears RI in the news. What do people do in RI?


33 posted on 03/28/2019 8:30:15 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Heaven has a wall and gates. Hell has open borders.)
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To: Surrounded_too

Wasn't the gas tax at the pump supposed to cover road maintenance costs? Where is that money going?


34 posted on 03/28/2019 8:31:37 AM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: PhxRising
after wages and expenses, the tolls weren’t actually bringing in that much money...

Doesn't stop us here in MA. Today, there is word that they cannot live within their means even without tollbooths - apparently, the credit card fees are too high for them now.

35 posted on 03/28/2019 8:32:49 AM PDT by C210N (You can vote your way into Socialism; but, you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: A Voice

It’s a wonder he didn’t get run over driving that slow in the 60’s.


You’re right it might have been 475 AC. It was a long time ago! I remember being with my dad when we drove through Nevada to get to Idaho. The speed limit was “reasonable and proper”, ie. no speed limit at all. 100mph was pretty much the average speed out of the few towns.


36 posted on 03/28/2019 8:34:14 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Surrounded_too
House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, slammed anti-tolling resolutions that some cities and towns are passing as “absurd” and “moronic” in comments Wednesday.

Democrat representing Berlin, huh?

37 posted on 03/28/2019 8:35:11 AM PDT by savedbygrace
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To: Surrounded_too
Apart from Fairfield County (a *wildly* wealthy place) Connecticut would most surely qualify as “rust belt”. The stats that I've seen suggest that the people of Fairfield County are leaving in droves.
38 posted on 03/28/2019 8:35:11 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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To: Surrounded_too

“The Cities Project: A time for cities” is the title of the article?


39 posted on 03/28/2019 8:35:54 AM PDT by the_daug
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why is this is breaking news?


40 posted on 03/28/2019 8:37:32 AM PDT by RatsDawg
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