> Penn State, like many universities, is strapped financially.
 

Penn State is the most expensive land grant university in the country and has a $6.2b endowment.

Republicans (via Mitch McConnell) have openly said that their game is to hurt the country so they can point at whatever they fucked up and say it doesn't work. They're pretty open about it.

> Depending on the job about 20-25% of construction costs are in fuel

 
Wait, are you saying that people have to pay for what they consume? Fucked up if true.

I haven't driven to work in over a decade and my life is way better for it. Driving is a fucking chore.

 

You'd return to pre-war living patterns via high density housing, public transit, and clustering residences around business and commercial areas. Look at any pre-car small town in rural Pennsylvania.

 
The current status quo where people live an hour from where they work in an artificial country estate is unsustainable and the sooner we end it, the better.
 
The fun thing about threads like this is reading posts from people who choose to live 40 miles from their job cry about how they have to pay to fill their 12mpg gas guzzler. No one is forcing them to live that way but they think that everyone else should pay their way.

The cool thing about traffic violations is that you don't get any tickets if you follow the law.

Rural Pennsylvania is highly subsidized to begin with, and they use their outsized weight in the legislature to fuck over the urbanized and productive parts of the state. I'm not going to cry for them and I don't owe them a thing.

And the Turnpike is a 360 mile superhighway. If paying 31 cents per mile to drive end-to-end is too expensive for you, don't use it. No one is forcing you to.

If you can't afford it, don't use it. It's that simple. No one is forcing you to use it.

Is someone holding a gun to your head and forcing you to take the turnpike?
 
If you can't afford it, don't use it. I don't complain that I can't afford a Ferrari.

Except it isn't, by mile. You're spouting Facebook grandpa stuff. The Tappan Zee bridge is 1400 feet long and costs nearly $5 to cross.

I think you're missing the point.
 

You're paying for convenience. If you can't afford it take the long route. No one's forcing you to use it and you aren't owed a cheap superhighway.

> jacking up tax rates would be a huge burden on people and/or incentivize them to leave.

 
Sounds good to me, there's no reason for anyone to live in most of Schuylkill County in 2022.

US-22 to US-322. If you can't afford the turnpike don't use it. Simple as that. No one's holding a gun to your head and forcing you to use it.

This situation has only existed since WW2. We could go back to pre-war living patterns if we wanted. The status quo just makes a lot of money for the right people at everyone's expense.
 
> My job is a 30-45 minute from where I live

 
Sounds like hell.

Gas should be highly taxed. People should be penalized for driving gas guzzlers.
 
If you can't afford to fill it up, don't drive it.

Back in 2008 a cop got shot on the Parkway West outside Pittsburgh and since that happened the cops don't pull anyone over for anything. You can do 130mph out to the airport if you want. They'll come scrape you up if you crash, but until that happens they won't lift a finger.

No, it isn't.

The thing about toll roads in PA is that you don't have to use them if you don't want to.