Every one of you guys that protests a hike in the gas tax brings this reality that much closer.Interesting, just agree to ever increasing taxation, or be socked with ever increasing taxation?
The money for roads will be raised, somehow, and if you do not allow the gas tax to provide that money, you WILL get big brother in your cars.
What about making government responsible to the people?Whatever happened to a government of the people, by the people? Why lay down and be sheeple? Government should not have free reign to just take as they see fit, that was one of the reasons this country was founded, was it not?
Now, deal with that, please.
Better yet, realize it already was dealt with, when a boat load of tea was thrown into a harbor. Start voting the tax happy out and hold government responsible. Vote in representatives that will be accountable and stop the excessive waste in spending at all levels. You might be surprised at how much money there would be.
"Interesting, just agree to ever increasing taxation, or be socked with ever increasing taxation?"
I've made my point about paying 10x as much per mile through tolling, so I won't repeat it.
However, if you can show me ONE STATE in this country where the revenue collected by the gas tax has exceeded the rate of inflation, plus the increase in population growth in the past 20 years, I might agree.
But you cannot show me that, since it hasn't happened - the gas tax is the only tax that does not have ANY built-in inflation adjustment, so it simply lapses if it is not raised by a vote (whereas virtually all other taxes will increase with inflation). And that suits the tolling community fine, as they are making more and more progress in their ultimate goal of determining when and where we drive. But it angers me, and it should anger others - but I guess not.