[Alberta's Child]

The PA Turnpike was constructed as a toll road, and couldn't be properly maintained without tolls. It runs through very difficult terrain in the Allegheny Mountains, and they're currently reconstructing the thing from end to end.

You can complain about tolls all you want, but nobody -- especially a trucking company -- is obligated to use it. There are plenty of "free" alternatives for them to use, but they decided to rip off their fellow motorists instead.

My aunt & uncle were paying $9,000 a year in property taxes in New Jersey for a single story rambler house in 2003. They paid $43,000 to build a house in 1959. The gov’t has been robbing people forever.

Great -- I hope they left. At least a toll is an optional "tax," isn't it?

[minnesota_bound]

You must love taxes. Please write another check to Uncle Sam.