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Originally Posted by Robbie
What are your thoughts on that?
With gas at almost $4 a gallon and rising. Bringing up the cost of EVERYTHING we buy (a tax on the poor).
The economy already hanging by a thread.
Do you think we need the govt. to add this tax and raise the price of gasoline even more (and thus the price of everything else that has to be transported: Food, clothing, household goods, etc.)?
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The money's going to eventually have to come from somewhere. That much is clear and inarguable.
One caution though. Re: "The economy hanging by a thread" --- the US economy has seen an overall growth period over the last 5 quarters. The USD is stronger on the world market than it's been in nearly 10 years. These are things that seem to be conveniently left out of virtually every political argument currently going on on GFY. To me these are not signs of an economy hanging by a thread, nor are they indications of a bad sitting President.
Like the article suggests, either those (probably in industry) who benefit most by having properly repaired highways will cough up the difference, or (more likely) there will have to be a tax hike. Either way it's going to happen, because the more the US highway system degrades the higher the toll WILL be on your economy, in 100's if not 1000's of interesting ways. (higher vehicle repair costs and highr MVA fatalities not the least of it)