Need to raise gas taxes

uscitizen

uscitizen

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Gas taxes are to repir and maintain roads right ?
Well in 2 years asphalt has gone from $184/ton to $475/ton.

Gasoline taxes should be based on a percentage of the price rather than a fixed cents per gallon. so that as the cost of oil goes up the funds to keep our highways going rises too instead fo dropping with dropping demand.

Painful I know but how else will it work ?
 
It's better to tax gas because it encourages people to buy more fuel efficient cars.

Also, a mileage tax is difficult to compute. There's just no advantage at all to it.
 
yeah our constitutional right to travel does not require roads.
It is just a state border thing.
Of course about 80% of the population would starve. Just because they could not get to fast food restaurants ;)
 
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good idea. lets do it now before people have the chance to adjust there driving habits and vehicle's, and before alternative transportation is available, and while hybrids are 2K over retail because of supply shortages.
 
then we can also raise the cap gain tax, the income tax, ssi tax, add in universal health care tax..

we would have just a minor setback in terms of people nt being able to pay there bills but its good in the long run.
 
As some are beginning to realize, no easy soloutions.

this hole we have dug will be hard to climb out of.
 
Chapdog said:
then we can also raise the cap gain tax, the income tax, ssi tax, add in universal health care tax..

we would have just a minor setback in terms of people nt being able to pay there bills but its good in the long run.
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No, why don't we just raise gas taxes?

TY.
 
Threedee said:
Ah, beer. Well, I'm sure we could arrange airlifts for the beer. :clink:
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Anyone with a minimal amount of reason, and a couple decent books on the subjects, can make beer to shame the major labels. And with a little experience, shame the good stuff, too.
 
Good Luck said:
Anyone with a minimal amount of reason, and a couple decent books on the subjects, can make beer to shame the major labels. And with a little experience, shame the good stuff, too.
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the sad thing is that reason seems to have become nearly extinct in the USA.
 
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