[Beowulf9]

I’ve always wondered about tolls. I mean, don’t state taxes supposedly partly go for the upkeeep of the roads? Also, weren’t the state lotteries also to do the same? Why then the need for tolls?

[nascarnation]

The sales pitch for tolls in a location like Chicago was that you were going to mostly tax traffic driving through and generate revenue from out of state.

Obviously a dubious argument.

[Impala64ssa]

Actually I wouldn't mind paying REASONABLE tolls, they are in a sense user fees, but if, AND ONLY IF those monies were dedicated to highway maintenance and upgrades as needed and there were corresponding reductions in other taxes.