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[deleted] t1_j2060or wrote

Eh, I don't think the admin costs are as inflated as you think they are.

Thinking of the technical components and the logistics of the entire system - there are significant costs involved. This is me just looking over what they have in place from a technology perspective + considering everything that would need to go into implementing the solution they have in place.

( ^ designing things like this + planning the resources is part of my job. I've got a hunch that their profit is <=5%.)

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JHolm915 t1_j20ah05 wrote

You missed the point though, a good portion goes back into EZPass and not to the states and a portion goes to profit so the benefit of them is negligible and on top of that most states that have put them in have also put in income tax deductions for tolls because of how much of a burden they have become. Basically just bureaucratic waste because a lot of the states still have shit roads and rely heavily on federal grants for what little work they do.

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