The Feds aren't actually in the road building business they are in the handing out money business. However, our friend Butternut wants all gas taxes abolished which would pretty much do away with public roads at least in Ohio I am not sure how other states fund road projects. I for one do not feel like paying a toll every time I pull out of my driveway. The EZ Pass people might like it though.
That is why I specified in my post that the Feds blackmail the states with matching funds. That is exactly the reason why states reduced the drinking age.
The Feds siphon out the money from the states and then give it back to them if they do the bidding of the Feds. We have tons of roads here in GA are are pointless but were built because it was all the Feds would approve.
I don't know about Ohio but very few states earmark the gas taxes to only road building - in almost all states it goes into a fund that has a road building type title but is really a general fund that could be used for anything.
Get the Feds out of the road building business (in any capacity) and it would do a lot to improve matters - not hurt them.
"I for one do not feel like paying a toll every time I pull out of my driveway."
Re-allocate all the billions in *earmark pork projects* for the 535 worthless congresscritters to pay for the road taxes. That's OUR money, too, and probably exceeds the fed gas tax revenue.
Problem solved.