[hopespringseternal]

continue to be more vehicles on the road creating more wear and tear, and these vehicles continue to get improved mileage, which means more wear and tear with a continuously reducing gasoline tax base.

Bovine excrement. A large number of those new vehicles in Texas are SUVs and Pickups that don't get stellar gas mileage. Also, vehicles don't cause near the wear of weather (potholes are caused by ice and soil conditions, not vehicles).

The lack of funds for highways is caused by politicians, not drivers. Nearly every level of government is experiencing massive increases in revenue, from school districts to the fed, and every one is begging for more.

In a lot of cases taxing authorities are getting 50 to 100 percent more revenue than they were a few years ago, far more than we peasants paying the taxes are seeing our salaries go up, and yet they still can't balance their budgets.

The truth is that our political leaders have lost touch with any notion of serving the people, and now function solely as pigs at the public trough, gobbling up all they can with absolutely no regard for consequences.

[hedgetrimmer]

The truth is that our political leaders have lost touch with any notion of serving the people, and now function solely as pigs at the public trough, gobbling up all they can with absolutely no regard for consequences.

Nailed it!

[TexanByBirth]

The truth is that our political leaders have lost touch with any notion of serving the people, and now function solely as pigs at the public trough, gobbling up all they can with absolutely no regard for consequences.

How True!