Teamster Nation: Privatizing our way into serfdom in IN

Teamster Nation: Privatizing our way into serfdom in IN

Privatizing our way into serfdom in IN

by Teamster Power

If you plan to drive the Indiana Toll Road, don't drink a lot of water before you go through the tolls. The restrooms have been either disgusting or closed since 2006, when corporate stooge Gov. Mitch Daniels turned the highway over to corporate predators.

Here's just one traveler review of the restrooms in Fremont, Ind.:

The washrooms had pipes showing, the water was yellow, rust was all over the toilets & sinks, there were broken doors, no hooks inside the stalls...I felt like I needed to take a shower after I left this rest stop. I cannot believe you would allow such filth for the amount of money we pay to ride the toll road.

Since turning the highway over to a foreign consortium, tolls rose for the first time since 1985. In fact, they've nearly doubled, and they'll double again within 10 years.

The foreign consortium, Macquarie-Cintas, has found other, more creative ways to suck every possible penny