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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

Only 3 states Delaware, Montana, and New Jersey raise enough revenue from cars to fully cover their highway spending

The remaining 47 states and the District of Columbia must make up the difference with tax revenues from other sources

By diverting general funds to roadway spending, the burden of paying for the roads falls on all taxpayers, including people who drive little or may not drive at all.

Source: https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/state-road-taxes-funding/

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[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago

I'd be ok with roads being fully user-funded and having the additional cost be added to the things I buy instead of them being tax subsidized.

[-] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago

Then the people who already paid for the roads would have to pay again. The first people pay the the roads so everyone can use it. I'm your scenario there would be no roads for your good and services to enter your area for you to buy anything to get road taxed on.

Just in the most basic example if you a want the fire truck to get to your burning house doing 50mph you need to help with roads. Otherwise you can wait it out while they go slowly down a dirt trail to get to you. Unless you don't want to pay for the fire station either since you never use it or only rarely use it. You see. It can go on forever there's no end. Again I'm asking for common sense.

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