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"mark_digital©" <976-XXX@comcastnot.com> wrote in message
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> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
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>> Latest from the Turnpike Commission: Let's remove ALL the tolls from the
>> Mass Pike!
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>> And, then we'll make up for it by raising the Gas Tax an additional 10 to
>> 19 cents a gallon from the current 21 cents!
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>> So, instead of getting a toll from only the people that actually USE the
>> Mass pike, we'll exact a toll from EVERYONE in the state, whether they
>> use
>> the Pike or not!
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>> We estimate this will raise $300M a year in revenue
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>> That way, we get to keep the Turnpike Commission intact, and *WE* get to
>> keep our cushy, high-paying jobs at the further expense of the taxpayers!
>>
>> And, you people keep asking me how Kerry and Kennedy keep getting
>> re-elected...?
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> I think what they should do is reinstate the tolls from Spfld to NY and
> give hybrid owners a free pass for the whole length of the Pike. We can't
> out run the State police so there's a gasoline/cost savings right there!
> We can't spin our tires so there's less road repair. And the toll takers
> breathe easier when we drive by.
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Gee, not having to pay tolls would have made my first trip to Pittsfield a
lot easier. I had just transferred to the area from California and took the
Pike from Mansfield to Pittsfield. I took the service manager to some place
that didn't take plastic, so I used the last of my cash. When I was ready
to leave the dealership, I asked the service manager where the nearest ATM
was and his response was, "what's an ATM?" OK, ATM's hadn't made it to
Pittsfield, so I figured I'd stop by a bank on the way back to the Pike, but
all the banks were closed, so I took Route 20 all the way back to Mansfield.
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Ray O
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