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Old 04-29-2008, 02:59 PM
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Default Re: US Gas hits $3.50/gallon

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Originally Posted by bwilson4web View Post
I have no problem if the tax is repealed followed instantly by turnstiles every "x" miles to collect the road use fees. The amount of gas burned stopping and starting to pay tolls would make the road tax seem like a bargain. Of course we could also incorporate automatic speeder fines and fees.

You know, this might be a nice approach! Instead of gas taxes, convert the highways and interstates into massive parking lots.

Bob Wilson
Your US Gov't in action is waaaaayy ahead of you guys. They, or it, wants to turn our car-pool (read, HOV) lanes into toll ways. That way I suppose autos with the biggest transponders get to their destination first, in a manner of speaking.

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