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Fury as US state weighs up border toll for visitors and declares war on pickup trucks in move neighboring residents insist is another 'unnecessary' money grab (Massachusetts)
UK Daily Mail ^
| April 20 2024
| ALEX HAMMER
Posted on 04/20/2024 8:17:09 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: Brian Griffin
And that’s why it’s in the Constitution.
The United States are a free trade zone by design.
Every damn principality in Europe had a customs office on every road in and out of their rotten little fiefdoms. It was said you could not sail down the Rhine without getting dunned every few miles. It was shakedown town.
It leads to restraint of trade and freedom of movement. That’s why it was Constitutionally prohibited.
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posted on
04/20/2024 10:18:51 AM PDT
by
Regulator
(It's fraud, Jim)
To: bk1000
New Jersey Turnpike was completed in 1951 before the Interstate Highway Act. I-95 heads towards Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA. While the New Jersey Turnpike starts after the Delaware Memorial Bridge. I-95 converges with the Turnpike near Bordentown, NJ.
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posted on
04/20/2024 10:51:54 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: FLT-bird
Boston beer, beans, and Bruins.
To: Dr. Sivana
"If you take I-95 through about 15 miles of Delaware you get a toll near the border."
Since it's $4 and there's usually a back up even with EZPass lanes, I cut around it on faster side streets to cross the MD/DE border.
To: MinorityRepublican
Never trust a woman with a hyphenated last name.
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posted on
04/20/2024 11:14:28 AM PDT
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
To: butlerweave
Just another queer who thinks it’s your “better”.
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posted on
04/20/2024 11:15:02 AM PDT
by
Right Brigade
(It was better before they voted for whats his name,this must be the New World)
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
04/20/2024 11:21:51 AM PDT
by
mt tom
( )
To: knighthawk
well this way the Mass voters can’t pile into NH for a night to cast their demon votes without it being on record.
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posted on
04/20/2024 11:28:18 AM PDT
by
cherry
To: Dr. Sivana
I noticed that, too.
Her eager proposal is extremely naive and is so off the wall ... imo its a DEI moment and self aggrandizement despite why we pay taxes.
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posted on
04/20/2024 11:50:20 AM PDT
by
thesligoduffyflynns
(WHEN đź’ŽGOING GfirstETS TOUGH KEEP GOINGđź’Ž IfIT DOESNT KiI re done noL yOU I wil MAKE YOU STRONGERđź’Ž)
To: thesligoduffyflynns
lemme guess ...illegal invaders go fer free...
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posted on
04/20/2024 11:51:04 AM PDT
by
mo
("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
To: Organic Panic
Never trust a woman with a hyphenated last name.
And never, ever trust a woman who gets her clothes at Robert Hall.
To: SaxxonWoods
Living in southern New Hampshire, I only go into Mass when I leave Costco in south Nashua and get onto the Everett Turnpike.
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posted on
04/20/2024 1:01:42 PM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
(“Who is John Galt?”)
To: Brian Griffin
“No state shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports,...” It seems unlikely that putting up toll booths at boarder crossings would pass muster if the roadways are substantially funded by the feds. There are exceptions to tolling when the feds don't cover the cost of maintaining bridges and tunnels.
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posted on
04/20/2024 1:05:37 PM PDT
by
EVO X
( )
To: Dr. Sivana
Still shopping in the “wrong” dept. Good grief!
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posted on
04/20/2024 1:29:56 PM PDT
by
RebelTXRose
(Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us! PRAY THE ROSARY!)
To: Regulator
European practices weren’t the reason.
Under the Articles of Confederation, trade was horribly affected by a variety of imposts, fees, tariffs, etc. on commerce among the states.
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posted on
04/20/2024 1:50:16 PM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(ArticleVBlog.com)
To: Regulator
It was said you could not sail down the Rhine without getting dunned every few miles. It was shakedown town.
Sounds like New Jersey.
To: Labyrinthos
Boston beer, beans, and Bruins.
I might add Boston Cream Pie and Doug Flutie.
To: ViLaLuz
Is that a tranny?
My guess (given the perfectly good name of Monica) that this is just a lesbian, and she wears the men's pants in the relationship. Think Ellen Degeneres.
To: Jacquerie
That’s true, but they inherited all of it from The Old Country.
But you know, it goes back to the beginning of human history. The Egyptians had tolls on their miserable roads back 5 millennia.
Interesting story: the Silverton train in Durango, Colorado was built to bypass all the farms and ranches in the canyons leading up to Silverton. Apparently they charged the miners taking wagon trains of equipment up and taking silver ore down.
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posted on
04/20/2024 2:22:36 PM PDT
by
Regulator
(It's fraud, Jim)
To: Jacquerie
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posted on
04/20/2024 2:29:02 PM PDT
by
Regulator
(It's fraud, Jim)
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