The gas tax is 18.4 cents a gallon. My car gets about 30 MPG, so the tax works out to .61 cents per mile, or 163 miles for each dollar of tax.
I live in New Jersey. The New Jersey Turnpike is supported by tolls. To drive from the Delaware Memorial Bridge to Exit 11 (my exit) costs me $7.25 for 90.6 miles, with works out to 8 cents per mile.
So the Turnpike Toll costs me 13.1 times as much as the gas tax!
I have no problem with usage fees instead of gas taxes... tomato/tomahto... But I got a big problem with a 1310% tax increase. And I suspect the usage fees are going to be a lot closer to the NJ Turnpike Tolls than are to the Gas Tax.
Gas and diesel state tax in Texas is .20 per gallon. That does not include federal tax, which is most assuredly more than state tax. So we are talking .45 per gallon.
So, 20 gallon tank and your tax bill is $9.00.
If you drive the toll road, you could pay $6-$14 depending on length of drive each way, each day. What has happened to this once free country?
Regardless, they have us by the short hairs. They are not going to give up either source of revenue.