Fix the Tax Code Friday: Highway/Gas Tax
Despite pressure following the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, President Bush will not agree to raise gas taxes to pay for highway improvements. Officials in many states - including Pennsylvania, where I now live - have vowed to inspect and repair bridges nonetheless (Pennsylvania has one of the highest concentrations of road bridges in the country). And in my mom’s home state, North Carolina, where I am visiting, they are discussing the conditions of bridges, labeling one of the most traveled merely “fair” in condition.
But let’s face it, the highway system already receives billions and billions of federal dollars each year. Will throwing more money at the problem make it go away?
With all of that in mind, today’s Fix the Tax Code Friday question is:
Should the federal government provide more dollars to the individual states through an increase in the gas tax for purposes of inspecting and repairing bridges?
