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Originally Posted by Pugchief
As much as I hate paying tolls, the reality is that tolling is the FAIREST form of taxation. You want to use the road? You pay the tax. If you want to avoid the tollway, you save the $ but it takes longer (and typically uses more gasoline). I do think tolls should be waived if traffic is not moving at 45mph or more, but that is just a fantasy of mine.
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As I'm sure you've figured out by now I hate paying at all. But with that said, I like Toll Roads as I can choose. A number of places I go have a toll option and a non-toll option. Allows me to decide what I'm willing to pay that day for that trip. That's how all taxes should work.
The premise that taxation is theft is based on the fact we do not have a choice about paying taxes and there are significant consequences to us not holding up our "end of the bargain" in a contract to which we did not agree to be a part of. On top of that laws have made it all but impossible to survive without participating in this Social Contract. Many places make it illegal to collect rain water (not sure how they can do that). Can't live off the land outside of the social contract as you have property taxes. Can't live off public land as you need permits and hunting and fishing licenses. Can't build ON YOUR OWN LAND (if you did own it) without permits and permission. Basically being born locks you into a social contract you did not agree to. Yet you cannot legally get into a contract until you are 18. Interesting dynamic.