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> That's a wild take considering how much general (not user) revenues are shoveled into projects for cars. Source? https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-fi
by cscurmudgeon 3y ago
> That's a wild take considering how much general (not user) revenues are shoveled into projects for cars.
Source?
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/ https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder...
Federal spending on transportation is just at 2% compared to Social Security (15%), Medicare (12%), Income Security (14%), etc.
That 2% includes spending on all forms of transportation.
Do we complain users of other modes of transport or social goods benefit from taxes? Why single out cars?
What is wild is that these arguments only consider gas tax and forget DMV fees, sales taxes on cars, tolls, etc.