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And at least in the case of roads, it's not really "subsidized" at all. At the Federal level they're funded largely through gas taxes and user fees. Localities
by twoodfin 14y ago
And at least in the case of roads, it's not really "subsidized" at all. At the Federal level they're funded largely through gas taxes and user fees. Localities usually use property taxes, but that's basically a user fee as well, since vanishingly few residents don't use their own local roads.
- rayiner 14y agohttp://www.rpa.org/2011/05/spotlight-vol-10-no-9-gas-tax-myths.html http://www.rpa.org/2011/05/spotlight-vol-10-no-9-gas-tax-myt...
- twoodfin 14y agoSorry if I don't take Naderite PIRG "studies" very seriously. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System#Financing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System#Finan... > The federal contribution comes overwhelmingly from motor vehicle and fuel taxes (93.5 percent in 2007), and it makes up about 60 percent of the contributions by the states. ... > The portion of the user fees spent on highways themselves covers about 57 percent of their costs, with about one-sixth of the user fees being sent to other programs, including the mass transit systems in large cities. So the driver on the highway is subsidizing mass transit.
- bryanlarsen 14y ago> So the driver on the highway is subsidizing mass transit. And by doing so, directly benefits the driver on the highway by keeping mass transit users off the highway.