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The road out front of your house costs $100,000 to build. You just using that, gets you back all the taxes you spend. Now multiple that by 10 million things, an
by megablast 10y ago
The road out front of your house costs $100,000 to build. You just using that, gets you back all the taxes you spend. Now multiple that by 10 million things, and you are still better off.
- Scea91 10y agoYou do not use the road alone.
- deadbunny 10y agoWhich is why we all pay for it through taxes because it benefits everyone, even those who don't drive.
- clarky07 10y agoThe federal gov't spends less than 2% of the budget on ground transportation (roads, bridges, and even amtrak included in that number). So, no, the road out front doesn't in fact get us back all the taxes we pay