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12-09-2015, 11:54 AM | #377 |
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12-09-2015, 11:55 AM | #378 |
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I did the math once on the gasoline tax revenue generated annually and the cost of the creation of the entire interstate system. It was fun.
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12-09-2015, 11:56 AM | #379 | |
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12-09-2015, 12:19 PM | #380 |
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12-09-2015, 12:20 PM | #381 |
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12-09-2015, 12:22 PM | #383 | |
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12-09-2015, 12:24 PM | #384 |
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We consume 134.5 billion gallons of gasoline each year. The federal tax on a gallon of gasoline is $0.184/gallon. That's $24.7 billion in taxes each year, and I didn't include taxes on diesel.
The ENTIRE interstate system was built with $425 billion (2006 dollars). |
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12-09-2015, 12:25 PM | #385 | |
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12-09-2015, 12:50 PM | #386 |
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$3/gal seems to generally the tipping point for bitching for most folks.
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12-09-2015, 01:35 PM | #387 | |
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12-09-2015, 01:41 PM | #388 |
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12-09-2015, 01:44 PM | #389 | |
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12-09-2015, 01:48 PM | #390 |
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If ~8% of what it took to build the ENTIRE interstate system is taken in tax revenue EVERY YEAR (and it is), I would argue that we don't have a tax revenue problem as it pertains to maintaining our roads and bridges.
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