LaHood: ‘America is one big pothole’

Outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood lamented the amount of infrastructure spending that was approved by Congress during his tenure at the Department of Transportation (DOT) on Wednesday.

"America is one big pothole right now," LaHood said in an interview on "The Diane Rehm Show" on National Public Radio. "At one time ... we were the leader in infrastructure," LaHood continued. "We built the interstate system. It's the best road system in the world, and we're proud of it. But we're falling way behind other countries, because we have not made the investments."

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Here in Ohio, we have a ‘Commercial Activity Tax’ (CAT). One of the provisions was challenged by our reps that wanted to put certain revenue into the ‘General Fund’, but they lost.

http://courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2012/SCO/1207/111536.asp

Supreme Court Rules Use of Commercial Activity Tax Revenues From Sale of Motor Vehicle Fuel For Non-Highway Purposes Is Unconstitutional
Ruling Is Prospective Only, Does Not Apply to Past Allocations

By Dennis Whalen | December 7, 2012
‘ That provision, which was added to the constitution by the state’s voters through a 1947 initiative petition, states that

“No moneys derived from fees, excises, or license taxes relating to registration, operation, or use of vehicles on public highways, or to fuels used for propelling such vehicles, shall be expended for other than costs of administering such laws, statutory refunds and adjustments provided therein, payment of highway obligations, costs for construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of public highways and bridges and other statutory highway purposes, expense of state enforcement of traffic laws, and expenditures authorized for hospitalization of indigent persons injured in motor vehicle accidents on the public highways.”

Just one battle victory in the war on business.

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