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I thought I paid those when I buy gas. Where do gas taxes go?[/quote]

Gas taxes haven't been increased in decades. Tell me you knew.

https://www.thebalancemoney.com/what-is-the-federal-gasoline-excise-tax-rate-4585178[/quote]

Why would it? We haven't had any new federal road projects in decades. New road projects around here are public-private partnerships. Where do the state taxes go?[/quote]

Roads require maintenance and the amount we pay in gas tax doesn't cover it.  We're subsidizing it through general taxes at both the federal and local level.[/quote]

I see no evidence of that in the Virginia budget. If general fund monies are being used to support roads, there should be evidence. Regardless, the gas tax serves as a user fee. That's why we don't have toll booths on every public road.[/quote]

It's not hard to get educated. Here's an easy link. Virginia only covers 41.7% of costs from taxes, tolls, etc.  Anything else to justify your hypocrisy?[/quote]

Well we should eliminate the gas tax then. If bus riders are going to get a free pass because fares are inadequate, then drivers shouldn't need to pay an inadequate user fee either.[/quote]

That would be logical if we, as a society, wanted to encourage more driving.

That's what you'll get in more rural areas of say, Missouri (20%) or . Alaska (15%).  But in a major city like DC where we care about the environment in addition to congestion, we want more people who can to take the bus or metro.[/quote]
What’s wrong with more driving? I drive an electric car and it has limited environmental impact and certainly less impact than empty buses. Thanks to the Biden Inflation Reduction Act, it will facilitate more widespread electric car adoption and when that happens what’s going to be the excuse?[/quote]

Electric cars cause the same amount of congestion as gas powered cars.  Maybe it's a great solution for rural Montana, but we're taking about DC here.[/quote]

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