How NOT to pay for highways

Courtesy Donklephant  Thu, 07/23/2009 - 11:46pm

In one of those “every silver lining has a cloud” kind of situations, state and federal government road maintenence funds are dwindling as people drive less and use less gasoline per mile as they buy more fuel efficient cars.

The federal government had to put $8 billion into the Highway Trust Fund because plummeting gas tax revenue, and a Congressional commission put forth one possible solution that is kicking up a lot of...



 

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