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Originally Posted by Atticus
Go back and read the link YOU posted. The gas tax and subsequent fund WASN'T set up for that purpose.
So I'm really not sure what you're even talking about. You're arguing with yourself.
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It's possible I may be confused about the facts... I was under the impression that the "Highway Trust Fund" was setup to pay for the highways....
Here is another tidbit of info I found:
Mary Peters (Secretary of Transportation):
"You know, I think Americans would be shocked to learn that
only about 60 percent of the gas tax money that they pay today actually goes into highway and bridge construction. Much of it goes in many, many other areas."
Source:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/trans...ructure_08-15/
so 40% of the gas taxes are used for other purposes, but yet we have to subsidize highways from income taxes?
that's some twisted logic, one that only some Washington bureaucrat could come up with...