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Originally Posted by Robbie
Some good points CDSmith...but since the govt. is already taking money from the "General Fund" to keep the Highway Fund going...why don't they just continue to do that?
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Because, and I'm citing the article I posted as well as a few others I've found since that corroborate it, the reason they don't "just continue to do that" is the fund can no longer generate enough revenue to do so due to it's devaluation of upwards of 40% since the early 90's.
Simply put, it's not enough.
If pressed for a prediction I'd have to say there's a tax hike in your future.
I'd also add that any other candidate who might have been elected in Obammer's place (IE: Romney) would very (as in VERY) likely have arrived at the same crossroads and be faced with the present dilema, and would now be discussing the same options Obama is. In other words this may not be fodder for political finger-pointing so much as it could merely be "cost of doing business" on a national level. But let's not let that stop the petty bickering. :D