How much money is that? I have no idea, but I doubt it is enough to do much. Well, the alternative is to tax you even more than that and use the proceeds to start a project that won't be completed for 10 years or so. And it's hard to improve roads without making them worse during construction. barfo
On the other side of the view, on Stanton Island NY, they have a tradition of always repairing the same road for eternity. The interesting part is that this Inter State has two sides of waste dumps for scenic effect.
So wait a minute.....I thought "taxes on the rich" was supposed to solve things like this? Now Democrats LITERALLY want to take money out of my pocket just to travel to that hell hole? And this will solve the traffic crisis.....how, exactly? Anyone who looks at the miles of traffic on the Interstates every morning and evening at rush hour.....and thinks that Toll Booths would fit in nicely is a fucking moron. If you thought the Interstates were crowded now....try waiting for an extra hour in a line with a thousand vehicles in it just to pay a toll.
1. Yes, we do want to take money out of your pocket if you want to come here and clog up our freeways. So maybe you should just stay home and save some cash. 2. This will help reduce the traffic crisis (not solve) by convincing some people to not drive. 3. Electronic tolling. Stopping at a toll booth isn't required. barfo
1) I already do. 2) Only a moron believes this. 98% of the people in this country are independent folks who like driving themselves. 3) Oh good. So I don't have to pay. Awesome.
I don't even feel a little bit bad for Vancouverites. They can easily find a job in their state if they are that upset about it.
A gorilla goes into a bar and orders a martini. This totally amazes the bartender, but he thinks, "What the heck, I guess I might as well make the drink." So he mixes the martini. He then walks back over to the give it to the gorilla, and the animal is holding out a twenty-dollar bill. Well, now the bartender is just at a loss for words. He can't believe that a gorilla walked into his bar, ordered a martini, and then actually had a twenty-dollar bill to pay for it. So, in amazement, he takes the twenty and walks to the cash register to make the change. While he's standing in front of the cash register he stops for a second and thinks to himself, "Let me try something here and see if the gorilla notices anything." So he walks back over to the gorilla and hands him a dollar change. The gorilla doesn't say anything, he just sits there sipping the martini. After a few minutes the bartender just can't take it anymore. "You know," he says to the gorilla, "we don't get too many gorillas in here." And the gorilla says, "At nineteen dollars a drink I'm not surprised."
The only nice neighborhoods in Vancouver are named after places in Oregon, lol. https://www.google.com/maps/@45.626719,-122.623584,17z?hl=en
Wait a minute....CENTRAL Vancouver has the nicest places? LMAO, not even close, Sly. There are way nicer places in East Vancouver. And many down on the waterfront.
So I guess the next step for Democrats, when they realize that this tolling doesn't work and had little, if any, effect on Portland's traffic is to charge a Congestion Fee much like London does. We'll see just how tolerant of Democrats the Prius-driving Liberals of Portland are then. And when they finally realize that it's actually the population numbers of Portland that are rising and effecting the traffic....what then? I guess they'll just find another tax. Seems to be their answer for everything.
