Should the gas tax be raised?

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   I support a gas-tax increase designed to fund road projects, as opposed to toll roads. The challenge is making sure the taxes will make it to the blacktop! We know that once tolls roads are built (we have already paid for 90% of that construction with taxes that funded the HOV lanes) the private firms will rape commuters with high tolls and maximize their profits at the expense of any future road improvements. But can we trust VDOT to do with a new tax what they cannot do with the old tax: improve and maintain the roads? Situation looks grimm.

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n/a Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote n/a Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Feb 2007 at 1:55pm
	I support a gas-tax increase designed to fund road projects, as opposed to toll roads. The challenge is making sure the taxes will make it to the blacktop! We know that once tolls roads are built (we have already paid for 90% of that construction with taxes that funded the HOV lanes) the private firms will rape commuters with high tolls and maximize their profits at the expense of any future road improvements. But can we trust VDOT to do with a new tax what they cannot do with the old tax: improve and maintain the roads? Situation looks grimm.

darkprime Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote darkprime Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Feb 2007 at 2:35pm
	It's a shame that most states that are privatizing roads do not realize that they are losing potential income, as every bit of profit made by the private companies could have gone to the state instead.

Freud Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Freud Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Feb 2007 at 4:02pm
	quote: Originally posted by raymond [br]I support a gas-tax increase designed to fund road projects, as opposed to toll roads. The challenge is making sure the taxes will make it to the blacktop! We know that once tolls roads are built (we have already paid for 90% of that construction with taxes that funded the HOV lanes) the private firms will rape commuters with high tolls and maximize their profits at the expense of any future road improvements. But can we trust VDOT to do with a new tax what they cannot do with the old tax: improve and maintain the roads? Situation looks grimm. I agree. The very thing that draws people to Northern Virginia -- nice housing in close enough proximity to commute and earn a nice income (in which VA gets a percentage in income tax) -- might be the one thing that might scare people away from Virginia.

happycommuter Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote happycommuter Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Feb 2007 at 2:39pm
	THE GASOLINE TAX BILL HAS BEEN REMOVED. CLIPPED THIS PIECE(see below) from NBC4's website. Sen. H. Russell Potts Jr. asked that the bill endorsed by the Senate Finance Committee last week be returned to the committee, effectively killing the legislation because Tuesday was the deadline for the bill to clear the Senate. TRAFFIC IS HERE TO STAY IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT JUST SIMPLY MOVE AWAY