[expat2]

I am disappointed by the usually sensible Barone. This is the problem:They....can be adjusted to reflect the cost of maintenance and improvements.

It is the 'adjustment' that worries me.

[Buckeye McFrog]

They....can be adjusted to reflect the cost of maintenance and improvements.

Or the cost of all those no-show jobs going to Tony Soprano and his crew.

[Haiku Guy]

The Gas Tax is one tax for the whole country. You try to raise that, and there is a political price to be paid.

But if there are a thousand little road use zones, each with it’s own tax rate, each rate can be raised, little by little, with hardly any objection from the taxpaying population.

So the per mile usage fee will increase exponentially, while the Gas Tax has stayed the same for years. The first person who expresses surprise when this happens should be put up against the wall.