On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:11:25 -0600, in misc.trans****t.urban-transit
Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Free Lunch wrote:
>> On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:46:58 +0900, in misc.trans****t.urban-transit
>> Miles Bader <miles@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in <87tzjq46zh.fsf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Jym Dyer <jym@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>>> =v= Of course, massive oil subsidy is the only reason that
>>>> wasteful trucking has been competitive (false-economical) with
>>>> rail in the first place, but rising oil costs are starting to
>>>> make some things undeniable.
>>> There's also the massive subsidies to maintain the highway system in
the
>>> first place -- you constantly see complaints that trucking is
>>> responsible for 90% of road wear, but pays very little of thath cost.
>>
>> Trucks pay for a share of the road through taxes or tolls, but they do
>> have to share with others.[...]
>
>Does a 5-axle truck with a gross weight of 80,000 pounds pay 5000 to
>10,000 times as much as a sedan in taxes and tolls? If not, the truck is
>getting subsidized on how much fatigue damage it causes to the pavement.
As I understand it, that particular claim has not been shown to be true.
If the tax needs to be changed, by all means lets make it fair to
everyone, but that does not excuse the foolishness of our legislatures
in letting taxes fall so much that we cannot take care of our roads.
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