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New Toll Hike Hits Drivers Hard
2013-12-05
[MY9NJ] Could you imagine spending $100 to drive over a bridge or through a tunnel? Well, as of Sunday, that is the new reality for truckers driving into Manhattan.

This will be the third of five Port Authority toll increases passed since 2011. It means only a 75 cent increase for car drivers using E-ZPass. For cash paying truckers, on the other hand, it means a $12 hike, taking them from $90 per crossing to $102 just to cross the George Washington Bridge.

Many truckers are upset over the toll increase. Independent trucker, David Edwards says that the toll hike is wiping them out. "I came across here the other day and had to do a lot of deliveries, and it cost me over $400," he said.

Last year, Port Authority saw a 31% profit, causing many to question why the Port Authority couldn't delay or cancel the toll hike all together. Mike Kilduff, another independent trucker, wants to know what Port Authority plans to do with the new money. "Where's the money going? That's what I'd like to know," he said.
Posted by:Fred

#9  It gets better ....

As per FREEREPUBLIC, the Feds are mulling $00.15-cent nation-wide increase in gasoline taxes.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-12-05 23:59  

#8  "Where's the money going?"

Into the unions' pockets, silly
Posted by: Barbara   2013-12-05 19:59  

#7  Last year, Port Authority saw a 31% profit, causing many to question why the Port Authority couldn't delay or cancel the toll hike all together.

Mewonders if taxes are paid on those evil profits.
Posted by: BA   2013-12-05 15:51  

#6  I'd think a Truckers' Strike would work wonders.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2013-12-05 15:08  

#5  Just pulled on my Chinese made shoes, walked out to my Chinese made mailbox, and pulled out the avert to the SHEN YUN Orchestra, performing at the Cobb Energy Center, Dec 17-29.

I am finally beginning to see how this will end.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-12-05 11:43  

#4  Proposed Chinese theme city for New York's Catskills.

U.S. immigration officials are considering a proposal from Chinese investors to create a multibillion-dollar development in New YorkÂ’s Catskills called "China City" -- raising concerns among critics about the potential cost to U.S. taxpayers and, according to one analyst, the possibility it could be a "stalking horse" for the Beijing government.

A spokesman from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told FoxNews.com that the proposal for Thompson, N.Y., has not been approved but is under consideration.

Will it have it's own Air Defense Zone ?

Posted by: Besoeker   2013-12-05 11:25  

#3   (Plot Edited) Set in a crime-ridden United States, lead by odious Democrat politicians, New York City is converted into a virtual maximum security prison via high tolls, taxes and an assortment of capricious laws, regulations and ordinances. No one is free to leave without paying money, lots of money. The daily grind of the city brought on by the repressive taxes of politicians becomes too much for many services workers and truckers. They revolt by disengaging, refusing to serve scarce food, water and other amenities to their overseers.
Posted by: Au Auric   2013-12-05 11:09  

#2   Keep raising it until they start voting republican.

Never happen. What was I thinking ?

or starve to death as the food shipments stop.
Posted by: AlanC   2013-12-05 07:58  

#1  Keep raising it until they start voting republican.

Never happen. What was I thinking ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-12-05 04:09  

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