Gas taxes have never paid for the roads. Our property taxes, state
taxes and some special federal grants make up the bulk - 75% - of the
funding for roads. A gasoline tax remains a fair system. Lighter, more
fuel efficient vehicles put less stress on the road system, as does
reduced driving. The problem is that we don't have a high enough gas
tax to cover the costs associated with our over-dependence on cars. It
doesn't cover the cost of road or infrastructure, and it doesn't cover
the cost of military forces used to keep gasoline flowing freely. Total
up these costs and we're talking $3-4 per gallon.
Yes, the car people would say the taxing to actually cover the costs of
driving would dramatically reduce driving and so on. But don't our
politicians don't cry the same way about other forms of transportation.
They begrudge our passenger rail system $5-10 billion and they begrudge
bikes a billion for infrastructure, but have no problem spending $2-300
billion for an army in the Middle East. That's smart economics, hub?
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