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I'm reminded of the temporary 1% sales tax that was to be the panacea for education funding. 'Pass this temporary tax'..., we were told, 'and schools will never again be lacking'. That was 1947. That temporary sales tax of 1% is now 7% and schools...wait for it...don't have enough money. Then there's the temporary income tax that was implemented in February 1973. It took five months for the temporary tax be become permanent. As Reagan said, there is nothing so permanent (and I would add malignant) as a temporary tax. RI already pays some of the highest fuel taxes in the country but the state ,,,wait for it...doesn't have enough money. As a basis of comparison, the demographic breakdown of RI is quite similar to that of New Hampshire. This year, NH will spend $5.67B to provide state services for 1.3M people, or $4361 per citizen. And NH has 17,000 miles of impeccable state highways. By contrast, RI will spend $8.67B to provide state services for 1M people, or $8670 per citizen. And RI oversees 1100 miles of deplorable state highways. So I ask other posters: What high quality state services are you receiving in exchange for paying a state income tax and state sales tax, that citizens of NH are not receiving? And anyone who truly believes these proposed tolls will be limited to trucks and remain at the same rate is simply ignorant of how things work, and have always worked in RI.