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Posting this follow-up editorial because one FReeper was interested enough to post the article below the other day, and at least one other FReeper showed enough interest to comment:

Not Necessary to Toll, A&M Expert Says

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Trans-Texas Corridor PING!

(Somewhat off-topic)

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PING!

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Another link to peruse:

Texas' Roadways -- Texas' Future (http://www.texasgbc.org/reports2.htm)

[Red6]

No new taxes-

Rick, I vote, remember what happened in Congress. It don't pay to be a RINO.

[Diddle E. Squat]

[Texas:] Toll road argument thrown into doubt

[mysterio]

Politicians doing anything to increase gas prices right now are committing political suicide.

[IamConservative]

Meanwhile, Texas' need for more roads is greatly expanding because of the population explosion that has occurred over the past 15 years and is expected to continue well into the future.

Seems oblivious to the fact that the population explosion would drive increased tax revenues.

[Muleteam1]

In this New Mexico-bordering Texas panhandle county, no one could operate a gas station profitably in the County if the State raised gasoline taxes as are being proposed. The high Texas sales tax rates already have many of us driving to New Mexico for gasoline and groceries. Personally I'm tired of paying over $2800 a year for less than $80,000 worth of commercial and residential property that has not appreciated in the past twenty years. We also are one of the few Texas counties that has a personal property tax on vehicles. A new vehicle can cost $500 or more a year, and this does not include the regular Texas registration and inspection fees.

More Texas taxes? Maybe Austin should just vote to reverse the "e" and the "a" in the State's name.

[Clay Moore]

I have a better idea. Let's put a tax of $10 per newspaper. That would both raise revenue and hopefully rid the world of the Ft Worth Red Star.

[hosepipe]

Taxing ANY energy(especially fuel) for any reason raises the prices of EVERYTHING for EVERYBODY.. it is simply parasitic..

Federal, State and Local Taxing of any energy is parasitic on the economy...

[DoughtyOne]

Fifteen years of inflation have sharply increased the cost of building new highways, as well as expanding and maintaining existing ones. In terms of purchasing power, the 20-cent gas tax is now worth only about 14 cents when adjusted for inflation.

What inflation? When it comes to wages it's said that there isn't any inflation. I'm willing to accept that there is no inflaction here either... LMAO

Look, the 21 cents per gallon hasn't risen, but I'll bet there are more gallons sold now. In fact I'd be very surprised if the increased gallons sold didn't outstrip the supposed 14 cent value each gallon is supposed to garner in todays dollars.

There's a big move to move to toll roads across this nation. Not NO, but HELL NO, NO F'N WAY!

Spend the gas tax dollars on roads as they were intended to be and shut the hell up elected officials.

[mrsmith]

Yes, the author makes a good point: Who can argue with a fair tax that those who pay it get all the benefit of?

"There's an added, less obvious benefit of raising the state gasoline tax: One-fourth of the revenues from it go to public education. "
Oh... "never mind"!