[Public-list] An observation on the "user fees" discussion

[Kristofer Coward]

On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 12:27:19PM -0400, Daniel Sternglass wrote:
> If the average gas consumption per driver is 20 gallons a week (1000 
> gallons a year), assuming 100 million drivers, that works out to **$3.00 
> a gallon** for highways, collected as part of the income tax.
> 
> That's one of the main reasons that gas is well over $5.00 a gallon in 
> most of Europe, and more in countries where more is imported. ($7.50 
> where my sister lives, in London). They recover all the road costs from 
> user fees, collected as gas tax. Think that would fly in this country? 
> Most people don't understand where the *real* gas tax is "hidden."

So since boats don't use roads, would the elimination of such a subsidy
system actually make it cheaper to buy gas from a gas dock? :) (Not
that it matters much when we usually get infinity mpg).

Cheers,
Kris
Candy Cane #583

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