From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!renner
Newsgroups: net.politics
Title: Re: gas tax - (nf)
Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1202
Posted: Fri Dec 10 02:36:14 1982
Received: Sun Dec 12 09:48:54 1982

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uiucdcs!renner    Dec 10 01:31:00 1982

     I have no problems with the notion of a "user fee" tax to support
the highway system, interstate or otherwise.  But I think we should take a
hard look at the taxes/fees paid by large trucks.  They do damage to the
roadways far out of proportion to the taxes they currently pay.  (Last figure
I heard was from a NHTSA study claiming that an 80,000 lb truck does 93,000
times as much damage to roads as a passenger car.)  Perhaps we should be 
looking at a diesel fuel tax (with exceptions for passenger cars) instead of
a gasoline tax.