[Eric in the Ozarks]

What would you suggest to fund highway repairs ?

[UCANSEE2]

What would you suggest to fund highway repairs ?

A tax on Michelle Obama's vacations.

[Paladin2]

Conscription ,rats to be on chain gang. Close all of the roads into and out of DC.

[Paladin2]

A tax on contributions to ,rats.

[Balding_Eagle]

What would you suggest to fund highway repairs ?

That's a reasonable question.

Off the cuff I'd say we should do three things, and in this order:

1. Direct 100% of fuel taxes to roads, primarily construction and repair.

2. Cut such taxes to 50% of todays level.

3. Overages in collections be 'refunded' through further reductions of tax levels.

[Balding_Eagle]

By way of example, I believe 80% of MN road taxes are directed to light rail and other mass transit systems this year.

[Fungi]

Eliminate the EPA, Interior Department, Education Department, Bureau of Indian affairs, the Legal services corporation, PBS, the Energy Department, Head Start, freeze Federal hiring, and reduce all federal government agency funding by 10 percent across the board the first year, then five percent every year there after until the budget is balanced. That would be a start.

[jocon307]

Please, they do not have a revenue problem.

There are 2 things that should be done in this country.

1. END ALL Public Employee unions. ALL OF THEM.

2. No post office benes for elected officials. No pensions, no healthcare, the pres and family can have secret service protection for some period of time, not to exceed maybe 4 years. Other than that: NOTHING.

Cut the staffing numbers and the pay for those jobs which will no longer be unionized.

See how much money we save that way and then talk to me about getting one red cent more out of me. Or try and get blood from a stone, because you’ll have about as much success.

[Tigerized]

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What would you suggest to fund highway repairs ?”

I don’t know how it is in the Ozarks, but here in Taxifornia, our Highway “Trust” (hah!) Fund has been routinely raided by politicians for all sorts of other projects, transportation related or not.

I would like to see 100% of fuel taxes and vehicle registration fees go to maintaining the highway infrastructure. Vehicle license fees were doubled, the doubled again recently.

Additionally, we’ve had road lanes actually reduced to add bike lanes of both sides of most roads, AND build dedicated bike paths adjacent to these lanes on many roads and bridges.

Guess what vehicles pay ZERO in fuel taxes, and are not registered or licensed? Because cars are evil, and bicycle riders are morally superior.

Insanity.

[Soul of the South]

“What would you suggest to fund highway repairs ?”

Get the federal government totally out of transportation funding and regulation. Eliminate the federal Department of Transportation and the federal highway trust fund. Eliminate the federal tax on highway fuels. Let the states and private toll roads be responsible for funding and executing highway construction and repair.