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Originally posted by Ironhorse@Jun 15 2005, 12:17 PM
So that it can be collected by the feds and mis-appropriated also? 
If the user taxes that are already levied on gasoline were to actually be used on fixing the roads in the municipalities / provinces where they are collected, in all likelyhood we wouldn't have this problem of crappy roads...
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Not by the feds; by the city. And mis-appropriation seems like quite the broad generalization.
I forgot to add in my original post that a decrease in property tax would occur as the tradeoff. Higher gas taxes, lower property taxes. This can only be encouraging for slowing the freight train that is urban sprawl. More residents would be encouraged to drive less and locate closer to downtown.
But you are right - if some of the federal tax on gas IS used to fix roads, etc. already, then this problem wouldn't exist in the first place.