[unixfox]

I don’t like paying higher taxes any more than anybody else, but if conservatives are not to just sound stupid, when they criticize higher taxes they need to describe how they propose necessary services be paid for.

Here's an idea: Why not spend the money that was collected for it's intended purpose instead of blowing it on bullsh!t projects? How's that for starters?

With the money they collect we should be driving on roads paved with gold!

[Sherman Logan]

I’ll be perfectly willing to concede your point if you provide data that some significant percentage of gas taxes is spent on bike paths.

I’ll agree up front that mass transit subsidies and diversions to general fund are a big problem. I suspect they utterly dwarf any money spent on bike trails, but for some reason those are what tend to infuriate motorists most.

One bike trail near me was laid out along one side of a new toll road. The right of way was already paid for, so no cost there.

I’d be quite surprised if the bike trail construction added even 1% to the cost of construction.