1.0A Citizen's Guide to Indianahttps://www.masson.us/blogDoug Massonhttps://www.masson.us/blog/author/dougmasson/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="WvXAr90TNT"><a href="https://www.masson.us/blog/toll-road-musings/">Toll Road Musings</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.masson.us/blog/toll-road-musings/embed/#?secret=WvXAr90TNT" width="600" height="338" title="“Toll Road Musings” — A Citizen's Guide to Indiana" data-secret="WvXAr90TNT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.masson.us/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> The Toll Road legislation is coming up for a vote soon, which prompted me to do some more general thinking about the Toll Road. Some thoughts. First, tolls charged to travel the road are taxes. They may be called something else, but they are taxes just as surely as are income taxes, sales taxes, and […]