Government’s solution: Raise fuel taxes to make up for the “loss” in revenue.
Funny, that's exactly what the taxing authorities (cities, school districts, etc) here in SW Idaho are doing...property values are down, so they want us to vote to allow them to hike out taxes to make up for their loss of revenue! The spokesman for Comrade Dave Bieter, the mayor of Boise, rationalizes it by saying don't worry, we won't actually pay more in taxes, because our property is worth less. Yeah...so goes the entitled government mindset.
/digression
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