Simply Believable!
Flushington State has only it's democrats to blame. They have been in complete control of this state for years. They have nobody to blame but themselves.
I hate the idea of tolls. I don't mind the gas tax as long as it is used for roads and not stolen for other crap. Gas tax I'm fine with. I see it as one of the only truly fair taxes. If you drive a lot, you buy more fuel and so pay more tax. If you drive less, you pay less tax. If you drive a big truck, you use more fuel and pay more tax. If you drive a small car, you use less fuel and pay less tax. If there is a shortfall for roads funding, I'm fine with a couple more cents a gallon. It can be targeted by local tax authority for a greater or, well it's a tax so it will never have a lesser amount. If you want to describe a tax as a fair tax, the fuel tax is about as close as you will ever get to being fair. The only thing I'd change is perhaps a mileage tax and this is only because of smaller cars, hybrids, and electric cars that use little if any road fuel but still are using the roads so should be paying road tax. I don't like getting the state's RFID tag for your car to drive through toll stations as I really don't like the idea of the state tracking my movements at all. This is already being done via cell phone but now the state would be doing the tracking too. Paying a fuel tax is so simple, no special equipment required and we keep our privacy when traveling. On-star is another feature I would never have. The same ability that the nice operator can open your locked door can also be an oppressive government tracking and shutting down your vehicle.
This is not the Washington I grew up in.
Say WA? Evergreen State ping