Originally Posted by Rochard

Bullshit.

The planning, funding, building, and maintaining of freeways is a state function, not a federal one. Outside of funding some freeway projects the federal government has little to do with any of freeway infrastructure. In the case of Pence he was a former governor which is why he was involved in toll roads. Pence might have brought this idea to the White House, but it's Trump who is applying a state model to the federal government.

It's bullshit all around. I live in California. We pay out the ass for our roads. Not only do pay for our car registration (hundreds of dollars a year), but also a state gas tax that just went up with the new year. We make the gas here in California and we pay more than any other state because of our taxes - including Hawaii. (US Average Gas Prices by State - GasBuddy.com). Now you are telling me they want us to pay yet MORE to drive on our freeways? Fuck that.

This is Trump's infrastructure plan. He just increased our deficit by ten trillion dollars while reducing our taxes, and now he needs to pay for it. Trump is trying to apply a state toll road model to pay for federal funds that he doesn't have money to pay for.