[logician2u]

We are in agreement on that. There are some who insist that the fuel tax is not compulsory as the income tax is, since, after all, we dont have to use gasoline. Only if we want to drive and not rely on other people's generosity or public transportation which, incidentally, is also a huge recipient of federal gas tax revenues.

The point I was alluding to was simply that the fuel tax, levied in 1956 to finance construction of the Interstate Highway System, is no longer being applied to that purpose. Instead, that huge pot of money offers members of Congress a greater opportunity to claim to the folks back home that they've secured federal funding for such-and-such. As this article illustrates, even stalwart conservatives such as George Allen can't resist the temptation.

I say, starve the beast.

[from occupied ga]

The point I was alluding to was simply that the fuel tax, levied in 1956 to finance construction of the Interstate Highway System, is no longer being applied to that purpose

all too true. You wouldn't want taxes to actually benefit the people who PAID them would you?