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| Topic | make the state more appealing to nonresidents |
| Content | When people from other states or regions of our country come to our state, do we treat them like favored guests? Not really. In many entrances to our state, we say "Welcome to Oklahoma" - "that will be five dollars".
If I were entering our state for the first time, I would tend to change course and go around the state due to the toll roads. I have traveled all over the United States by car and Oklahoma is one of the very few places I have been required to empty my pockets every 30 miles.
As a citizen, I am willing to pay higher taxes to do away with most toll roads so that travelers either passing through or planning to stay a while will know that we truly do welcome them to our state and hope they like what they see.
Another option which has a host of logistical problems is to charge only residents of Oklahoma tolls on the highways across our state.
I don't charge guests in my home a fee for the dinner I serve them, why should this be any different? |
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