Sooooo.... I was listening to a bit of Diane Rehm this morning, [View all]

[hedgehog]

and apparently some people are pushing the idea of toll roads, possibly/probably sold to private firms to run. This is because there is no way we'll ever raise the gas tax. ( ) The fact that the Highway trust fund was looted was passed over very quickly.

So, I'm thinking of what Elizabeth Warren said:

“There is nobody in this country who got rich on their own. Nobody. You built a factory out there - good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory... Now look. You built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea - God bless! Keep a hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.”

Instead of raising taxes on the general public, maybe it's time to raise the income tax on the people making all the money off good roads?