Fed gas tax is 18.3 cents per gal. The average person drives under 14,000 miles per year. The documented average per the NHTSA is 13,500 the fleet wide fuel economy also NHTSA is 25.5 mpg as of February this year.
13500/25= 540 gallons per year. Removing the fed tax is $98.82 for the entire year.
This also illustrates why the fed needs to move to a per mile usage tax. No one who is honest with themselves believes that under $100 per year in Federal gas taxes pays for all of the interstate system O&M in addition too the US Federal hwys that are not interstates.
On that note since fuel costs went from $2 to $4 that’s an additional $540 for the average driver. That’s an additional $45 a month over a 12 month period. It’s more of an emotional sting for most people seeing $4 per gallon but in real terms if $45 a month breaks you then you probably shouldn’t be driving always certainly not in states that don’t require minimum liability insurance coverages with income to debt ratios like that those people are a liability to all around them should they impact their vehicle with no income stream or assets to recover in civil damages. Im certainly glad Texas makes everyone carry at least $60k in liability or they won’t let your register a vehicle for public road use nor renew a drivers license. Yep no insurance tickets is enough to get a licence pulled and a mandatory SR22 kept on file for at least 3 years afterwards.
A per mile usage tax is a tax on liberty and freedom of movement and I am against it.
Not sure of your stance on a federal per mile tax? Have you factored in that many of our roads/interstates have toll charge?
At any rate, screw the per mile tax charge.
The feds have enough tax money. They don’t need a penny more.