Bump to your post cripple.
But it does bring up another intresting point.
Why does the federal government need to free up money in the first place?
Their whole role in this is wrong.
Think for one moment and ask yourself if you go through your day to day life without encountering one government regulatory agency or mandate.
A scary thought.
In my opinion transportation funds should be strictly confined to paying for interstate highways and bridges and possibly ports.
The bigger problem is in the way taxes are levied and how the federal government uses them as a club by withholding our own money.