On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 1:14 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> > In the US road taxes, in the form of gasoline taxes not only pay for road > repair but also subsidize various rail systems, which cannot pay for > themselves out operating revenue.
That rather rankles me. Gas taxes don't go into some special fund which is only used to pay for the upkeep of roads and pay for money-losing railways. Like all other taxes, gas taxes go into the general coffers of the government and are used to pay for all government expenditures. You make it sound like motorists "pay their own way" (ie: they alone are paying for road repairs) as well as subsidize railways, when in fact ~all~ tax payers (motorists or not) contribute for the upkeep of roads and railways. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
