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Forget externalities, car owners aren't even actually paying for the roads they use. Gas tax pays for significantly less than half of the road budget in the US,
by village-idiot 7y ago
Forget externalities, car owners aren't even actually paying for the roads they use. Gas tax pays for significantly less than half of the road budget in the US, although the exact percentage varies on a state by state basis. The rest comes out of general tax receipts.
- davidw 7y agoHah, quite correct. I have a link to that in my 'urbanism' bookmarks: https://taxfoundation.org/state-road-funding-2017/ https://taxfoundation.org/state-road-funding-2017/