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Not trolling here, genuinely curious: I thought that our 19 cents/gallon tax on gasoline is what is used for road repairs etc. Is this not the case?
by gxs 14y ago
Not trolling here, genuinely curious:
I thought that our 19 cents/gallon tax on gasoline is what is used for road repairs etc. Is this not the case?
- luser001 14y agoMaybe you can start digging from here: See here: https://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/newsgraphics/2011/0119-budget/ https://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/newsgraphics/2011/0119... And here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States#Federal_taxes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_State... $25 billion received via gas taxes at the federal level in 2006 (60% spent on roads). $70 billion spent by feds in 2012.
- joshuahedlund 14y agoIn theory, yes. But it hasn't been raised since the 90's and since it's a per-gallon tax and not a percent tax, its funding has decreased as Americans buy more efficient cars and thus fewer gallons of gas. I don't have links, but I've seen graphs indicating that the fund regularly runs at a shortfall now, and getting worse.
- MichaelSalib 14y agoIn practice, the gas tax covers only a small portion of road maintenance costs. http://www.subsidyscope.com/transportation/direct-expenditures/highways/funding/analysis/ http://www.subsidyscope.com/transportation/direct-expenditur...