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I was a bit skeptical that road costs took a lot of our income taxes, so I looked it up. It was, at least, more than I thought it'd be. The U.S. will spend $65.
by nowarninglabel 14y ago
I was a bit skeptical that road costs took a lot of our income taxes, so I looked it up. It was, at least, more than I thought it'd be. The U.S. will spend $65.3 billion of income tax payments on ground transportation costs in fiscal 2012, at least half of which is on highway costs.
- twoodfin 14y agoWhere do you get that figure? Does "ground transportation" include rail? Wikipedia saith that, as of 2007, 93.5% of the Federal contribution to the Interstate Highway System was funded by gas and vehicle taxes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highways#Financing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highways#Financing And it notes that 1/6th of gas taxes and other user fee-like financing mechanisms are diverted toward public transit.
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- bduerst 14y agoYou both could be right.
- nowarninglabel 14y agoSorry for not looping back earlier, it's from http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/united_states_total_spending_pie_chart#download http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/united_states_total_spen... which is getting its data from a few sources but I think for the transportation piece you can look on page 125 here http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BUDGET-2012-BUD/pdf/BUDGET-2012-BUD.pdf http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BUDGET-2012-BUD/pdf/BUDGET-2012... but may want to cross-reference with the other sources.