[george76]

Only one-third of fees collected by state and local government from motorists go directly to road construction and maintenance.

Motorists gave state and local government $40.3 billion in 2005 for the ability to drive and own a vehicle.

After accounting for administration and overhead, $28.5 billion remained for all fifty states to spend in 2005.

Of this amount, only $13 billion was spent on state and local road construction and maintenance.

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/14/1494.asp

[OldMissileer]

Motorists gave state and local government $40.3 billion in 2005 for the ability to drive and own a vehicle. After accounting for administration and overhead, $28.5 billion remained for all fifty states to spend in 2005.

The cost of administration and overhead is disgraceful!

When I was still active duty we would get the Combined Federal Campaign brochure and were warned that any charity that did not pass at least 95 percent to the actual charitable distribution should be suspect.

I know that Government is not a charity but 29 percent is just plain Communism. Giving people jobs so they will vote for ever bigger Government.