Frequent commenter trza pointed me to this op-ed by Kay Bailey Hutchison in Thursday's San Antonio Express-News.
Tolls are unpopular, I know, and she's running for governor, but this is particularly discouraging:
Recently, there have been renewed calls for tolls on highways that have already been built and paid for with federal tax dollars.
I believe taxing Americans twice for the same asset is fundamentally unfair, and I oppose any effort to place tolls on existing interstate...
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I agree. Private road
I agree. Private road solutions these days can be amazing, yet they are villified for political points by populists. This is 1 reason I like Rick Perry, is that he may be a populist on a lot of things, he totally gets transportation and is working for innovative solutions.
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