Ask Not for whom the Toll Booth-taker toils, because soon they'll Toil, No More.

No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea, ...

N.J. officials not ready to privatize state programs, services in effort to save $50M
By Matt Friedman, Statehouse Bureau, nj.com/news -- Sep 16, 2010

At an Assembly Transportation Committee hearing, Democrats grilled Transportation Commissioner James Simpson and former U.S. Rep. Dick Zimmer, who chaired Gov. Chris Christie’s task force on privatization, on the state’s progress towards meeting the $50 million goal.
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Zimmer’s report, issued in July, said the state could eventually save $210 million each year by privatizing functions that include motor vehicle inspections, state park concession stands, interstate rest areas, toll collection, state office parking lots, and highway emergency service patrols.

The Toll-gate's gone, but still stands lone,
In the dip of the hill, the house of stone,
And over the roof in the branching pine
The great owl sits in the white moonshine.
An old man lives, and lonely, there,
His windows yet on the cross-roads stare,  ...

N.J. plans to take bids to privatize Turnpike toll collection
By Bloomberg News, October 26, 2010,

TRENTON — New Jersey plans to take bids in December for private operators to take over highway-toll collection, state Transportation Commissioner James Simpson said.

The proposal would replace about 700 unionized toll collectors on the 148-mile New Jersey Turnpike. Simpson, who also is chairman of the state Turnpike Authority, said soliciting bids will help the state cut costs by winning reductions in union work rules for collectors.
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Gov. Chris Christie created a task force in March to study whether the state would save money if public jobs or agencies were operated by private companies. A report released by the panel in July said the state may save as much as $43 million a year by allowing a private company to collect tolls.

Simpson said other tasks such as guard-rail repair and highway maintenance are being considered for privatization.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.