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and maybe we can reduce the taxes on things like gasoline in the process.

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Nov 6 '13, 07:41

I hate getting ass raped at the pump weekly.

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We should stop subsidizing the oil companies for doing their jobs and making huge profits first -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 07:50 1
- that is ok too. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:51
57.5 cents/gallon in Illinois (18.4 cents of that is Federal, rest is state0 -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:47 2
- that is a lot of tax IMO. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:49 1
  - That depends on how much does it cost to run the roads. 40 cent/gallon? 60 cents/gallon? 90 cents/gallon? -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:57
Get rid of the sales tax on gasoline entirely. - Strongbad Nov 6, 07:46 11
- pair it with a smaller carbon tax on fuels to offset the environmental costs of driving, and I'm with you. -- nm - znufrii Nov 6, 07:56 2
  - The incentive to go fuel-efficient wouldn't go away. You're still encouraged to buy less gas and drive less. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 07:57 1
    - But there are still environmental costs for burning fuel that aren't being covered -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 07:59
- or do what one of GA's representatives wants to do (HR 3264) -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 6, 07:49 4
  - That'll never happen, because transportation is a national priority as well as a local one -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 07:56 3
    - (note: This wouldn't prohibit states from cooperating to construct regional/national projects if its in their own best interest) -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 07:59 2
      - It wouldn't prohibit it, it would just make it a lot more difficult. - Roger More Nov 6, 08:08 1
        
        It would absolutely make it a lot more difficult, I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 08:14
- I cringe to think about what that would look like - Epiphany Nov 6, 07:48
- A road sex tax? -- nm - Sir Paul Nov 6, 07:47 1
  - Hee. I just now got this. I'm slow -- nm - Epiphany Nov 6, 07:49
meh, they'll just take the cost of building and maintaining roads out of your wallet some other way - znufrii Nov 6, 07:46
We already have low taxes on gasoline. -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:45
The tax on gasoline is probably 10% of the price at this point. - spamlet Nov 6, 07:45 15
- I think that is too damn high. - groiny Nov 6, 07:45 14
  - Americans complaining about gas taxes makes me laugh. You want to see taxes on gas, come to Canada -- nm - Beaker Nov 6, 07:48 4
    - Yeah, but thanks to the metric system, the prices still look good. -- nm - Spawn Nov 6, 08:04
    - We've secretly replaced groiny with Grover Norquist. Let's see if anyone notices -- nm - Roger More Nov 6, 07:53
    - you can afford it, you do not have Obamacare. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:50 1
      - Well, no, they have Obamacare+ -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:55
  - It's not enough to fund the road we have. -- nm - ty97 Nov 6, 07:47 8
    - what are tollways for then? -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:47 7
      - I don't understand the question. The vast majority of roads (in Chicago and elsewhere) are NOT tollways. - ty97 Nov 6, 07:48 6
        
        where is the revenue from the Tollways going? -- nm - groiny Nov 6, 07:49 5
        
        usually tied to the costs of the specific tolled road. -- nm - znufrii Nov 6, 07:51
        
        As a general rules, tolls from tollways are intended to pay the debt incurred to build that specific tollway. - ty97 Nov 6, 07:51 3
        
        they force you to get Ipass here, or pay double tolls. - groiny Nov 6, 07:53 1
        
        The pass systems are typically much cheaper for the toll org to run. - Strongbad Nov 6, 07:55
        
        or to fund other improvements along that corridor, or a combination of several things. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 6, 07:52

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