[Ben Ficklin]

"I'm having a very difficult time finding people who want to pay 20 cents per mile(or more) to drive on any hiway"

Are you having an easy time finding people who want to pay an additional tax of 20 cents per gallon(or more)

[deport]

Are you having an easy time finding people who want to pay an additional tax of 20 cents per gallon(or more)

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LOL.............

[BobL]

" Are you having an easy time finding people who want to pay an additional tax of 20 cents per gallon(or more)"

Very easy. In fact, the price of gas went up by 50 cents per gallon just before the election, and still Bush got 60,000,000 votes - and won. What these people understood was that 20 cents per gallon for gas is something like 1 cent per mile - so yes, most people would be very happy to pay an extra penny per mile than the 20 cents that is being shoved down our throats by Perry.

[BobL]

" Are you having an easy time finding people who want to pay an additional tax of 20 cents per gallon(or more)"

Given the choice of a couple of hundred dollars per year (for a gas tax increase), versus several thousand dollars (for toll road users) - yes, it is very easy to find people on my side.

Particularly when I tell them that huge amounts of the tolls will never be seen by Texans, and that another huge chunk of the tolls are used to pay overhead costs directly related to the tolling system.

It's a no-brainer - that's why it's so much cheaper to stick with the gas tax.