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Einstein, I’m talking about the need for the trucker to pay for HIS TRAVEL through the state. I’m talking about whether he should pay to build highways elsewhere...beyond what he is ALREADY PAYING for in the state gas tax.

As yourself this question: How would Governor Beauty-Queen react if Ohio started taxes electrical power delivered to Indiana 5 cents per kWh...just because they could.

That may be your version of utopia, but I’d rather live in a country without HIGHWAY ROBBERY (or power line robbery).

Actually, Indiana is an exporter of electric power. If your local service provider is unhappy with the cost of electricity generated by Indiana companies, it should source its power elsewhere. Similarly, if you're unhappy with the cost of traveling the Indiana toll road, don't travel on it. You didn't pay to build it and if you think the rent (toll) for using it is excessive, take your business elsewhere.

The Indiana Toll Road never gets more than 10 miles from the Michigan state line. On your next trip east, travel between Illinois and Ohio on one of Michigan's nice free highways. Providing all sorts of stuff for free is what has made Michigan the economic powerhouse it is today.