Posted on 01/04/2015 11:52:21 AM PST by Olog-hai
The incoming chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee says raising the federal fuel taxes is among the options under consideration to replenish the dwindling Highway Trust Fund.
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota says all options must be looked at to fill an enormous shortfall when the existing highway legislation expires in May. …
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There is plenty of money to do what was intended.
Frivolous stuff, not so much.
Well that was totally unexpected.
Idiots.
How about cutting back like all American families are forced to do?
Raise taxes to short circuit economic growth.
Thune = RINO
In our area every time they “improve” a highway, it means putting in carpool lanes.
Everybody pays, but only some can use.
Wax on, wax off. Tax on, never off.
The Republicans here in our state, including our Republican governor, have the same goal at the top of their agenda for the upcoming legislative session.
Thune continues to disappoint....
This is pretty much inevitable. For one thing, the Federal fuel tax isn’t indexed to inflation. So its purchasing power has eroded over time. Secondly, improvements in fuel efficiency reduce the tax revenue over time even if there is no change in the level of traffic on the nation’s highway system.
Stop the lavish employee parties, brother-in-law pocket stuffing, and other unnecessary BS and there will be plenty to do the job
NO.
ABSOLUTELY NO.
What did they do with the $4 TRILLION they were ALREADY GIVEN?!?!!?
Well, that’s a sure-fire way to lock in a two-years-and-outta-here majority status.
And some significant portion of the federal fuel tax receipts are bled off to fund public transportation projects instead of road or bridge repairs. Charging a break-even fare for public transportation is probably racist.
Good move!
It’s either raising the gas tax OR putting in GPS TRACKING SYSTEMS in people’s cars and using it for tolling, based where people drive, when they drive, what they drive (and if Obama is president), who they voted for. It WILL BE one or the other, as our highways have to be PAID FOR (even if nothing else is). Now GPS-based tolling is easier to sell as people it as a “user fee”, while the gas tax is simply looked at as a tax.
So, most likely, we’ll end up with GPS tracking and tolling, but FReepers WILL BE HAPPY, since the gas “TAX” will not be raised, and that is ALL that matters (to them).
I’m with you, per my earlier posting - but I don’t expect to make to make many friends here on this topic.
The rationale there is that giving people an alternative mode of transportation to get them off the road actually does everyone else a favor. If there is a congested freeway in most urban areas, the cost of building a parallel mass transit line is far less than the cost of widening the highway. So the motorists end up paying less even though their fuel taxes are financing the transit line.
who needs democrats wth these guys?
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