Paying for Roads

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:


It counts all the miles.
that’s ridiculous

You don't have to use the mileage meter if it doesn't make sense for you. The whole way we pay for roads is not really equitable in any case. Heavier cars (for example) should pay more since they wear down the roads more, but they don't. Get involved with your representative if you have an idea for how to pay for roads.

[Anonymous]

In every State, road repairs and new road construction is largely paid for by gasoline taxes. This has some logic behind it as those who drive the most, pay the most.

In 20 years - the majority of the vehicles on the roads will not run on gasoline. Without that gas tax revenue, how do you pay for road repairs?

This is not truly logical. Those who have cars that eat the most gas pay the most. Those cars may not be traveling the most miles on roads (as you suggest).

[Anonymous]

They're going to have to issue miles driven taxes. It's inevitable. They also need to charge them based on weight of the vehicle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In every State, road repairs and new road construction is largely paid for by gasoline taxes. This has some logic behind it as those who drive the most, pay the most.

In 20 years - the majority of the vehicles on the roads will not run on gasoline. Without that gas tax revenue, how do you pay for road repairs?

Gee, I don't know. Maybe fire the government bureaucrats who make up most of the "repair" department and only pay the people that are actually fixing the roads?

Less admin, more work. Crazy, huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In every State, road repairs and new road construction is largely paid for by gasoline taxes. This has some logic behind it as those who drive the most, pay the most.

In 20 years - the majority of the vehicles on the roads will not run on gasoline. Without that gas tax revenue, how do you pay for road repairs?

Gee, I don't know. Maybe fire the government bureaucrats who make up most of the "repair" department and only pay the people that are actually fixing the roads?

Less admin, more work. Crazy, huh?

Yes, sounds crazy. Show us the numbers please that indicate firing "the government bureaucrats" (name the positions you'd fire) -- how much money is going to be saved and will that cover the costs of repairing the roads.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In every State, road repairs and new road construction is largely paid for by gasoline taxes. This has some logic behind it as those who drive the most, pay the most.

In 20 years - the majority of the vehicles on the roads will not run on gasoline. Without that gas tax revenue, how do you pay for road repairs?

Gee, I don't know. Maybe fire the government bureaucrats who make up most of the "repair" department and only pay the people that are actually fixing the roads?

Less admin, more work. Crazy, huh?

Yes, sounds crazy. Show us the numbers please that indicate firing "the government bureaucrats" (name the positions you'd fire) -- how much money is going to be saved and will that cover the costs of repairing the roads.

Thanks!

What am I showing you? The deputy to the deputy of the branch chief and assistant branch chief and the associate branch chief of the department of transportation, hinterlands branch?

If you haven't worked in government, I guess you don't have a clue. But I would hope you have some common sense like most of the country. This isn't a secret.

The growth of the administrative state of paper pushers (senior, mid-level, junior, and everything in-between) is alive and well at the federal, state and local government levels.

If you don't know, you don't know, although it's a shame you haven't informed yourself of the fact that gravity exists by now. 75% of .gov is a jobs program, and a very inefficient one at that.