Federal gas tax increase needed for roads, bridges and highways

The Contra Costa Times ^ | January 24, 2015 | Contra Costa Times

[nothingnew]

Step away from the keyboard.

FMCDH(BITS)

[gunsequalfreedom]

They, the interstates, are mainly decrepit in urban areas. The municipalities and states where they are should use their damned state gas tax money to fix them.

And what are the municipalities supposed to use to fix their surface streets?

[Gaffer]

I’ve already told you that states collect their own significant portion of taxes on gas. The corrupt ‘municipalities’ often piss this money away when the state doles out its share to them. You can drive around the interstates inside the city of Atlanta and see scores of blacked out interstate lights and damaged interstates because they piss the money away on city voters and ‘outreach’. You figure it out.

I don’t have to give you an alternative for what you want. I just don’t want to be taxed for stupid useless crap, and it is my right as a citizen to tell them to go pound sand.

You can try, but you’ll never get them (government) to enter into a BINDING agreement to do what they say they will when they are trying to get more taxes levied.

[Bob434]

[[Remember the $600 billion stimulus that was supposed to take care of all that?]]

Exactly, where did the money go?

And remember the 800 billion fine that tobacco companies faced that was supposed to go toward ‘increased medical costs due to smoking’- Where did that money go too? Because they keep raising taxes on Ciggs to cover the supposed increased costs (and even that is debatable, with smokers dying FASTER than non smokers, meaning they needed LESS long term care) AFTER they soaked the tobacco companies-

THIEVES- they are all thieves-

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Only about 36 billion, if I remember correctly, was intended for the supposedly shovel-ready road projects.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

They did use the money like they said they would, right?

I'm going to assume that's a rhetorical question.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Only a small portion of the porkulus was designated for road and bridge projects.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Mass transit, bike paths, beautification projects and, until recent years, pork.

[Spktyr]

Yup, but remember - it was sold to us as needing to be passed because it would help our roads and bridges. Let us have a public audit of this first before raising taxes.

[gunsequalfreedom]

There is no carrying out a calm conversation with some people...

[Gaffer]

Constant questions in retort is not a calm conversation. You offered nothing but more diversion. It’s irritating.