The Editor's Notepod, Sat., Feb. 20, 2010

State: the highway tolls debate. It is one thing to discuss whether a particular tax or toll or impost or whatever is a good or a bad idea. It is another thing to turn that debate into one about whether the revenue created by a tax should or should not be used for a particular related purpose. “Letting the punishment fit the crime” is not a part of any recognized public policy other than in an emotional sense.