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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.

I got one for you. Show me where the cost of building roads has risen above the amount of money taken in by the states each year by gas taxes. Gas tax revenues do increase every year by virture of more drivers on the highway.

Whether gas taxes are tied to inflation or not has nothing to do with it, what counts is the amount of revenue taken in compared to the amount needed to be spent.

States do NOT use the gas tax money for road building or bridge repairing. We need to vote tax happy legislators out of office and if you truly believe we can't get rid of them I feel sorry for you. You have already given up and resigned yourself to 10 dollars gas so we won't have road taxes. It is THIS type of attitude that burdens us with taxes not a "lapse" in gas taxes. Gas taxes have never lapsed in this country they keep right on building and increasing the coffers with every new driver.

"Gas taxes have never lapsed in this country they keep right on building and increasing the coffers with every new driver."

I guess that's it then - for some reason you need a tax to fight, and this is the most convenient.

My property tax 10 years ago: $2684. My property tax now (same house): $6418. [increase due to higher rate, and much higher assessment]

My gas taxes paid 10 years ago: $400. My gas taxes paid now (same car, 20,000 miles per year): $400 [no change in federal or state tax rates]

Change in the cost of living in the past 10 years: about 40% increase.

Maybe in your world the gas tax hasn't lapsed, but the state of Texas cannot do nearly as much with the money they collect from me buying gas as they could 10 years ago. Whereas they are loaded-up big-time from my property tax.

Oh yea, did I mention the sales tax....