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Political Factoid
It's time for Congress to
hike the federal gas tax
and actually solve a
fiscal problem instead
of "kicking the can down
the road,"
-- Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)
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The tax, or user fee, funds
infrastructure repairs and
improvements and hasn't
been raised since 1993.*
Instead, Congress has
been dipping into
[a.k.a. stealing from]
the general treasury
to keep the dwindling
Highway Trust Fund
solvent.
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And has effectively gone down
steadily due to inflation.
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