Tolls: A Modest Proposal.

The legislature is wrestling with the terrible idea of adding tolls to state residents’ considerable burdens. Here is a suggestion for an amendment to propose during the debate. Prohibit legislators from receiving reimbursements for toll expenses. We do not need one more preposterous expense (they already include mileage) added to the calculation of legislative pensions.

It’s a simple amendment. Ask for a roll call.

And then move on to the elimination of the gas tax if tolls are imposed. Anyone with a sense of what instincts move legislation knows that tolls will prompt the Democrats to start using gas tax revenue for general fund expenses.