'DC Panhandle no longer pays'

We are facing a time in this country when holding out our tin-cup to Congress and begging for funding is simply not going to work. The days of standing in the congressional budget line pleading 'Me too,' 'We need...,' 'We want...,' 'We have got to have it, or else,' 'We are entitled to this or that' is simply not going to do it." So spoke Darrell Rensink, new President of the American Association of State Highway and Transport Officials, in his address to the annual meeting, (Buffalo NY Oct 8, 1996). If the regular DC panhandle isn't working for the state DoTs maybe they will look to raise money through tolls?