Posted on 04/02/2008 5:41:13 AM PDT by moderatewolverine
Point of order: The roads, highways, and interstates are owned by local governments (except in federal districts, reservations, etc.). For example, I-95 is owned, regulated, and maintained by every state it runs through.
If you have a problem with deteriorating highway infrastructure, blame the local governments.
Another ten year old heard from...
Purpose | |||||
Date | Tax Rate in cents per gallon |
General Revenues |
Highway Account |
Mass Transit Account |
Other Trust Funds |
June 21, 1932 |
1.0 | 1.0 | |||
June 17, 1933 |
1.5 | 1.5 | |||
Jan. 1, 1934 |
1.0 | 1.0 | |||
July 1, 1940 |
1.5 | 1.5 | |||
Nov. 1, 1951 |
2.0 | 2.0 | |||
July 1, 1956 |
3.0 | 3.0 | |||
Oct. 1, 1959 |
4.0 | 4.0 | |||
Apr. 1, 1983 |
9.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | ||
Jan. 1, 1987 |
9.1 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | |
Sep. 1, 1990 |
9.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | ||
Dec. 1, 1990 |
14.1 | 2.5 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
Oct. 1, 1993 |
18.4 | 6.8 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
Oct. 1, 1995 |
18.4 | 4.3 | 12.0 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
Jan. 1, 1996 |
18.3 | 4.3 | 12.0 | 2.0 | |
Oct. 1, 1997 |
18.4 | 15.44 | 2.86 | 0.1 |
For reference, here's the history on the federal gas tax
And much of the money for the local/state governments to maitain said roads and highwasy comes from the FEDERAL gasoline tax. Game, set, and match!
—Another ten year old heard from... —
In your dreams (but please don’t air those dreams here).
And your point is? It seems like there are too many so-called conservatives who have drunk the “private can do no wrong, public can do no right” kool-aid. Get off the kool-aid and smell the coffee.
Actually, YOU started the ad hominem attacks when I made a perfectly rational statement and you referred to me as a “ten year old”. If you disagreed with my statement, you should have spelled out your reasons clearly, like an adult. I respond rationally to a RATIONAL disagreement. OTOH, If I’m insulted, I get ugly really fast.
Let's review: You make the statement that Americans by right of birth have the right to cheap energy. I say this is the opinion of a child who neither understands the concept of rights nor basic economic and monetary principles. I'm sorry if you're offended by the shortness of my original reply, but I was trying to keep it to a level that you'd comprehend. I have now spelled it out as requested, sir and/or madame.
On the other hand, you initiated private mail to me, some of which you are now bringing to the board. If you want to make the contents of all our private mail public, including your original assertion that I am a child molester, you can ping the admin moderator, slick, and we'll see who wins that one.
I can get ugly a lot faster. Calm down your tone.
Thank you.
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