Tolls aren’t taxes, they’re fees for specific services. But calling them optional isn’t fully accurate when alternatives are limited. I’ve lived in an area where several tolls were the only convenient route (other than swimming).

Monopolies can harm competition, but public services like roads & defense are often natural monopolies. Privatization isn’t always better but I agree kits better to default that way.

Austrian economics is thought-provoking and I agree mostly with it, but blanket privatization isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution.

I tried to find balance in things. Rarely is one side ever 100% correct.