The obvious solution is for everyone to drive a big gas burner
(CNN) Drivers often forget that they pay for highway construction and maintenance through federal fuel taxes: 18.4 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon for diesel. “The notion that the road has ever been free is sort of a self-delusion,” said Neil.
But the fuel tax is running out of steam, experts warn, because more efficient vehicles are using less fuel and rising fuel prices discourage driving. As tax revenue falls, so does the nation’s ability to pay for road construction and maintenance.
The solution, say many transportation experts, is to replace –or supplement –fuel taxes with a per-mile tax on every vehicle in America.
No good deed goes unpunished. Los Federales and enviroweenies/Warmist push more fuel efficient, hybrid, and electric vehicles (I’m all for it, BTW), and this reduces the money coming in. The law of unintended consequences rears its ugly head.
Much of the article is about slapping another tax on, one that tracks miles driven, which has been touched on many times. Most are against it, especially if there whereabouts are tracked.
