I guess we here in Texas have a choice: Pay 20 cents more per gallon in the gas tax, or pay 20 cents PER MILE to drive on highways - because either way, WE WILL GET CHARGED.
Nothing is inevitable. No matter where you live, the collective legal power of all individuals affected should be formidable and irresistible.
I would rather contribute $1 a month to a class action permanently continuing lawsuit against these criminal lying duplicitous SOBs, than simply "roll over."
http://www.statista.com/statistics/202089/gross-volume-of-gasoline-sales-in-texas-since-2010/
if with those sales numbers and license plates or other taxes like on truck we should have plenty of cash flow for roads.