Do you think the government has the right to charge you for the miles you drive on roads?
To raise money for repairing roads, many states are thinking of charging the driver for each mile they drive on roads.
1) Do you think this is fair?
2) Do you think the government will actually use the proceeds to repair roads?
Yes, because something has to pay for maintenance and upkeep. It is usually only toll roads that charge you here in the US. Our taxes pay for the rest.
How about the taxes that we pay when we purchase fuel?
Gasoline taxes - avg. tax for 50 states - 48.85 cents per gallon
Diesel taxes - avg. tax for 50 states - 54.10 cents per gallon
Weren't these taxes supposed to go to maintaining roads?
How long before there is a user tax, a fuel tax, a sales tax, a wheel tax, a passenger tax, etc...? Government does not enact a tax to just let go of it. We are still paying a tax on telephones first levied to pay for the SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR!!!!!!!!
retief2000 - agreed - the government very rarely, if ever, rescinds a tax.
Your comment is greatly appreciated.
Cheers
I live in Texas, and several of the newly opened, or recently upgraded roads in my area are now toll roads. There are other ways to get there, but if you want the most convenient, least bumpy road, you pay for it.
I think it's fair to charge people for services according to what they use. If you want to drive on a good road, why wouldn't you want to pay for its upkeep?
So, it doesn't bother you that the .50 per gallon you pay in taxes at the pump were supposed to go to "maintaining" roads, but were siphoned off to pay for other things?
Actually, that bothers me. Similar to the Feds taking all the SS monies.
They are very expensive to put in and maintain. There has to be some way to keep up the roads.
Well, the government's tax is .47 per gallon, not including state and county taxes.
Are we seeing another example of inept government spending?
They make billions on the tax they collect per gallon.
Where does that money go?
Of course not! This idea is so ridiculous! Whoever proposes that as an ordinance or what, he or she should try living on the road for a year and walk his or hey going home.
I agree that the idea is ridiculous, but that's never stopped the government from doing what it wants to do.
Last I heard, most government officials ignore what's best for the American people.
I appreciate your answer.
Cheers
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