But by cutting spending elsewhere and putting it towards roads, we're still hiding the cost of driving and subsidizing the use of cars. We've already bailed out

But by cutting spending elsewhere and putting it towards roads, we're still hiding the cost of driving and subsidizing the use of cars. We've already bailed out the Highway Trust Fund for at least $65B. It's a hole we'll keep digging -- a cycle of demand inducement that begets budget shortfalls that begets general tax hikes -- unless we re-align the tax with usage. I'm asking for people who use the roads to pay their fair share; you're asking the government to collect money from everyone so the road-users can keep believing roads are self-funding. When the users are forced to confront the true cost, they'll demand better solutions. In short: we should both cut wasteful spending and re-align the gas tax with infrastructure expenditures, because the bailout from the general fund is pork itself!