Category: Homepage Column Two Row Three
Conservatives introduce “TEA” highway bill that scraps federal program, but pushes tolls, P3s, & transit boondoggles
While Graves, Lee and Rubio may believe they’re offloading their federal gas tax revenue problem to the states, in reality, they’re seeking to compound the problem 50-fold; the states aren’t any better than the feds on transportation funding. We should not be encouraging more tolling of any kind, whether at the federal or state level. Tolls are a tax. The principle of “pay-as-you-go”…
Posted in Homepage Column Two Row Three, News and Analysis, Taxation, Transportation
Tagged Agenda 21, double-taxation, FreedomWorks, Gas Tax Revenue Diversions, gas tax revenues, P3s, Pay-as-You-Go Principle, President Reagan's 1982 transportation reauthorization, public-private partnerships, Ray Barnhart, Texas Department of Transportation, toll roads, tolls, TxDOT
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