Live from the Indiana Toll Road

Mrs. Marathon Pundit is driving the
Marathon mobile--we're just west of South Bend, Indiana on the Indiana Toll Road. I'm blogging on my Treo 650.

As with all toll roads, the fee-based system was put in place "temporarily," until the bonds to build the road were paid off.

The Indiana Toll Road has to be at least 40 years old. Certainly, the obligations on Hoosier road bonds have been met.

Which brings to mind that famous quote from the great University of Chicago economist, Milton Friedman. It went something like this: "There is nothing more permanent than a temporary government program."