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Civilized life has been going great way before 1910.
None whatsoever. I'm trying to save jobs by stopping the conservative agenda of having tax payers pay for black boxes, and the taxes that go with them, so tax payers can use their money to buy goods and services and keep the economy going. Let the trucking firms pay for the roads if they tear them up--which they do IMO.
You seem to not know that Commercial trucks PAY for the roads and then some. That's ok most don't. Let me enlighten you. I own a trucking outfit so I know a thing or two about the situation.
This is a cut and paste from another thread on the subject.
http://www.debatepolitics.com/us-st...box-your-car-some-see-source-tax-revenue.html
Most people don't know how roads are built or how they are funded. I have experience in both. Out here in California they are lowball bid generally and contractors out here have pull with the powers that be in Caltrans and elsewhere, so they can get away usually with defective pours that aren't up to snuff. They also then sue the state later for more money and various contractual breaches. Its a racket for sure. So anyway, what happens is part of the highways concrete deteriorates abnormally fast and starts a chain of accelerated deterioration. Which is further exacerbated by the constant cutting and patching of said new road.
There are lots of taxes for the roads you don't see and a lot of them are paid for by the prime users of the highway which is NOT you. Its commercial trucking that uses the road and pays significantly more taxes for it. There are excise taxes, fuel taxes, registration taxes, weight mile taxes, and fees for when a unit is over dimensional in some way.
Federally there is 24cents a gallon fuel tax. 150 gallons for a typical fill up once a day is $36 in tax NOT including other tax. A 12% excise tax on new vehicles and tires parts ect. A new standard 3 axle tractor costs about $120,000 before tax. So 12% excise tax would be about $14,440 that does NOT include OTHER taxes in that purchase. Tires every other year if you go new which I do are about 350 (cheap Chinese tires, mine are Michelins which run about 400) or so a tire multiplied by 18 is $6300 without tax. The tax is $756 There yearly road tax which must be paid which called a 2290 and that's $550 a year. That's actually cheap.
Then there is the State taxes. What you thought only the feds get a cut? Lets start with registration. About $2000+/- a year depending on the state. Then there is sales tax. Both on parts AND fuel. California has a fuel tax of 45cents a gallon. 150 gallon fill up everyday gets you $67.50 in tax. If I buy a truck or tires that's another 8.25% on top. If I haul a over dimensional or weight load its $16 per trip or $90 annually. That's VERY inexpensive compared to other states. Il is quite pricey mid three digits or so. Mississippi is the priciest they get confiscatory rates. Here's a dirty little secret for you. All federal highways are supposed to be able to handle military units with 70ton tanks on them. Another is that there is a max weight you can have per axel and tire, and the roads are designed to handle that weight and much more.
I could go on but I think the point has been made. These guys don't need MORE money they need to spend the money they got on what its supposed to go to in the first place.
I trust that sheds light on the actual situation. Believe me commercial trucking more than pays for the roads. The problem comes from the government using the funds not as intended. Our roads and bridges should be in excellent shape if they where actually allocated the funds they were supposed to have in the first place.