On 24 March 2014 10:47, Joe Greco <jgr...@ns.sol.net> wrote: >> Here in Illinois, we have been paying for the construction of our tollway in >> perpetuity. When it was originally built the state promised to remove the >> tolls as soon as construction costs were recovered. We are still waiting >> and will be forever. > > As someone who has worked in the Loop on and off for twenty years, I am > fully aware of the history and folly of the Illinois trollway.
I heard you guys have been paying taxes for the war against my country (Spain) since 1898. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_telephone_excise_tax So yea. Is much easier to create a new tax, than to remove it.