$20 Toll To Bypass Accident?

[lesliepaul]

Just in on Castanet......Natives charging $20.00 to bypass highway after a fatal accident closes highway.

I'll gladly pay the $20.00 whenever I use a road on their land.........as long as it relieves me of paying their other endless bill.

[Not Bob]

The story would be far more interesting if someone were to put up a toll just outside of the reserve and charge them to use the taxpayer funded roads

[skydawg]

The story would be far more interesting if someone were to put up a toll just outside of the reserve and charge them to use the taxpayer funded roads

Absolutely. Its time the indians start paying taxes. Long overdue.

[voice of reason]

id sit in my car for 9 hours before i would pay a cent to drive thru the reserve.that is literally highway robbery

[skydawg]

id sit in my car for 9 hours before i would pay a cent to drive thru the reserve.that is literally highway robbery

Most likely a highway the taxpayers paid for

[Jonrox]

Absolutely. Its time the indians start paying taxes. Long overdue.

I wish people weren't so ignorant and uninformed so as to make blanket statements like this. Native Canadians pay taxes the same as all other Canadians with the exemption being on income earned on reservation land. If they live and work off-reserve, they pay taxes just like everyone else.

[motorhomebabe]

I can think of a few roads that cut through reserve lands ,most notably around Merritt , how was this different?

[Jonrox]

The story would be far more interesting if someone were to put up a toll just outside of the reserve and charge them to use the taxpayer funded roads

We should do the same for stay at home moms. It's time those freeloaders start paying their way too.

[phasyluck]

Didn't read the story but if it's as cut and dry as what it sounds......shameless money making at it's finest.

[Jonrox]

Kind of a crappy thing to do, but they own the land and road so can do what they want with it. They own something people wanted, so took advantage and charged for it. Not everyone on the reserve agreed with what the 2 guys did though.

[vegas1500]

We should do the same for stay at home moms. It's time those freeloaders start paying their way too.[/quote]

What are stay at home mom's charging everyone else for? To even compare this is ludicrous.

[Jonrox]

My taxes pay for their kids' education, healthcare, child tax benefits, and use of public services. I'm getting charged for their use of all of those things.

[pepecat]

id sit in my car for 9 hours before i would pay a cent to drive thru the reserve.that is literally highway robbery

Actually, it's not literally highway robbery because it's not a highway. And it's not robbery either ... it's an optional entrance fee. Frankly only an idiot would rather sit in their car for nine hours than part with twenty bucks but then again most bigots are indeed not very bright and could in fact be idiotic.

[voice of reason]

Actually, it's not literally highway robbery because it's not a highway. And it's not robbery either ... it's an optional entrance fee. Frankly only an idiot would rather sit in their car for nine hours than part with twenty bucks but then again most bigots are indeed not very bright and could in fact be idiotic.

i wouldnt pay 20 bucks to cut through a farmers field either.it is neither idiotic or bigoted to not want to pay for something that is free any other time.

[Hmmm]

What a cheap, lowlife unneighbourly thing to do. Has nothing to do with being Native, but everything to do with being unkind and uncaring.