25% of the Motor Fuel Tax money in Texas is diverted to schools.
25% of the Motor Fuel Tax money is Texas is diverted to other agencies.
And, that does not even count bike paths, etc.
So Houston Chronicle, get back to me when you want to actually discuss facts of Highway funding and not commie
big city fantasies.
Texas has actually ended most of the diversions in the second category. They will need a constitution amendment to end the education diversion.
[25% of the Motor Fuel Tax money in Texas is diverted to schools.
25% of the Motor Fuel Tax money is Texas is diverted to other agencies.
And, that does not even count bike paths, etc.]
Funny thing about gas taxes.
In my old state of Washington the gas stations—all self service unlike Oregon’s—posted the price of gas AND the tax bite right on the pumps. In a very short time the legislature had the cost of taxes/gallon removed from the pumps by law.
And, in Washington, the gas tax money goes into the “General (tax) fund,” where it goes to social services and every thing else the politicians fund for their parasitic friends, who are often illegal voters.