Comments on: Paul Ryan: No new gas taxes https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/paul-ryan-no-new-gas-taxes/ Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:40:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: PeterF https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/paul-ryan-no-new-gas-taxes/#comment-701095 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:40:45 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=32612#comment-701095 Its not a funding problem, its a spending problem

]]> By: Robin Fox https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/paul-ryan-no-new-gas-taxes/#comment-700005 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:58:12 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=32612#comment-700005 In reply to Des.

Do you mean roads and bridges or mass transportation? Approximately 25% of the Highway Trust Fund is spent on mass transportation rather than roads. How nice that our gas tax is going to subsidize ConRail and Amtrack.

]]> By: Des https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/paul-ryan-no-new-gas-taxes/#comment-699814 Fri, 16 Jan 2015 23:37:19 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=32612#comment-699814 Transport infrastructure has been massively underinvested in for decades, would raising the gas tax not be a good way to pay for improving infrastructure?

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