Originally Posted by onwebcam

Gas tax. I said that. Based on capitalistic consumption. The highways are in part paid for by the federal government and in part locally. Highways are very rarely built anymore. We have them already. Maintaining mostly comes local. The only reason the feds are involved is to make them feel important. Also in a consumer/capitalist fashion (which I don't agree with) the federal government is now trying to sell off said highways paid for by public money to private companies so they can charge tolls. This takes the financial burden off them and you can bet they won't drop the gas tax when they do. After all they need those funds for the war on air.