San Francisco to Charge Drivers to Enter the City

 As this article reports, San Francisco is looking to become the first city in America to charge drivers to enter the city. The idea behind this scheme is that by charging a toll to drivers entering the city it would be an incentive for more drivers to take public transportation, and therefor help with congestion in the city.

 Personally I don’t think that putting up tolls at the entrances to the city are going to help with congestion but rather would contribute to congestion. I also don’t think that congestion relief is the goal here, raising tax revenue is.

 These politicians are looking for more hidden and insidious ways to raise taxes on ordinary Americans who in this economy probably can’t afford it. And it is being done under the guise that it is good for the people, and the environment. What better way to raise taxes than to claim it is for the common good? Who can argue with that?

 This is not about saving the environment and it is not about easing congestion in the city, it is about raising revenue, pure and simple.