yeah. more taxes...

craltal · 01-01-2009, 01:01 PM

With the country facing a recession, let's raise the gas tax and exacerbate the problem...

Panel wants fuel taxes hiked to fund highways - Yahoo! Finance

pillage · 01-01-2009, 01:03 PM

One would think with lower traffic, that the roads would get less and tear.

bryceeden · 01-01-2009, 01:14 PM

Clearly high gas prices aren't the reason people are driving less so raising the price of fuel definatly wont be counter productive to the goal

Where do they find these people?

Talfuchre · 01-01-2009, 03:09 PM

Treat carefully with this thread people - it is fine so far.

TF

Jaan · 01-01-2009, 03:12 PM

OKay, to play Devil's Advocate...

How many times have you had a tire and / or rim destroyed because of a pothole? I can remember two times off the top of my head. Probably cost me $100 a pop...no pun intended.

Sooooooo...keep gas taxes down and let the roads go to crap and have people spend more on fixing tires, suspensions etc, or raise taxes and keep the road somewhat decent with less wear and tear on the cars.

I honestly think one of the problems these days is that people can't see beyond their own noses. People need simplistic George W. Bush type answers, not real long term solutions.

ilerman · 01-01-2009, 03:19 PM

Higher taxes can cause problems(obviously) Extravagant gov't spending will cause problems. nuff said.

RealtorTommy · 01-01-2009, 03:27 PM

Don't worry soon everyone will have a job working on repairing the roads and bridges....This should have been done years ago...Most bridges you drive across are rated as "Fail"....I won't get into the taxes bit...

pillage · 01-01-2009, 03:41 PM

What is to say that the funds already collected to maintain the roads actually get spent on that? Are they fenced in funds, or do our politicians generally raid those funds for their other pork projects. Also some states and or localities are better at fixing the roads than others.

bryceeden · 01-01-2009, 03:49 PM

How about we spend the money wasted on crap that helps no one on the roads and leave gas taxes where they are?

Utah has really good roads on average, they are usually fixed and maintained very well. If we can do it everyone can do it.

shadawg · 01-01-2009, 03:51 PM

Are we going to see a new "New Deal" I would be totally fine if the money I pay for welfare put the welfare recipients on road gangs and construction crews repairing the infrastructure. They are getting susbisidized housing and free food and money right now, well didn't the people in the CCC get the same thing? Bring it back!
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
While the program was for men, the years have shown that the liberated woman is of the same strengths as men, and can do comparable work. Let's get to work people!

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pillage 6.5x50 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Yorktown, Virginia	What is to say that the funds already collected to maintain the roads actually get spent on that? Are they fenced in funds, or do our politicians generally raid those funds for their other pork projects. Also some states and or localities are better at fixing the roads than others. __________________ Currently Sporting a letter of Marque from the Evangelical Pagans of Valhalla, Annwnn, and the Wild Hunt. Where let us carve up a goat or swine in friendship, while partaking in much good beer is a polite greeting. You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Frank Zappa "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." -Ernest Hemmingway "He was a wise man who invented beer." -Plato My Feedback Thread

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bryceeden MCB Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arlington, TX	Clearly high gas prices aren't the reason people are driving less so raising the price of fuel definatly wont be counter productive to the goal Where do they find these people?

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RealtorTommy Banned Join Date: Sep 2007	Don't worry soon everyone will have a job working on repairing the roads and bridges....This should have been done years ago...Most bridges you drive across are rated as "Fail"....I won't get into the taxes bit...

01-01-2009, 03:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
bryceeden MCB Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arlington, TX	How about we spend the money wasted on crap that helps no one on the roads and leave gas taxes where they are? Utah has really good roads on average, they are usually fixed and maintained very well. If we can do it everyone can do it.