John,

>Infrastructure is paid for by taxation, for sure. But why be disproportionate about it? As a libertarian, I'm a fan of use fees as opposed to general taxes that way those who use 'em pay for 'em.

That would nice, if it would work. It has been recognised for more than 25 years the north of amsterdam needs an extra tunnel to connect the province of North Holland to the south. The government has asked corporations to co-pay for it. Now guess where we are at this moment.

And if you are asking for a toll system. We are nowhere near that: We are allergic to toll systems. The public does not accept it, it will use one of the other tunnels and problems will grow worse. Part of the deal is that if it works, it does not give you any time advantage as opposed to the other tunnels (short distances), so when that is the case, why pay for the use of the tunnel if another tunnel is free? The costs of the toll system are probably gigantic while the benefits are insignificant.

IMO, these is one of those cases where the government just has to bite the bullet and build the tunnel. It can raise roadtaxes (which everyone pays) to fund it, but a toll system or asking coorperations to fund is wishful thinking.