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Re: Road Pricing

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Subject: Re: Road Pricing
From: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:57:43 -0500
David Breneman wrote:

> --- "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>For the benefit of those outside the UK, the idea is that
>>different roads at different times of day will have different
>>prices - a
>>country road at 2am will be as low as 2p per mile, while a major
>>route in
>>rush-hour could be as much as #1.35 per mile.
> 
> 
> Oh, it's going on in the US, too.  Oregon is actively investigating
> it and Washington has a hush-hush pilot program under way.  With
> the actions of our tax-happy legislature earlier this year, I'm
> sure it will move forward in the next legislative session.  Big
> Brother is watching you.

This one is not about the money; it's entirely about making happy little 
slaves out of what used to be Americans (and Englishmen).

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