highway robbery

A columnist Jeff Pidot at the Kennebec Journal in Maine rolls out a lame cliche often hurled at tolls that they are "highway robbery." He doesn't actually compare Maine Turnpike toll rates with those elsewhere or with the costs of building and operating roads. That would be work. And the real data might undermine his case.

He just draws attention to the increase and not to the length of time tolls have been frozen while costs rise.