Repeatedly I am amazed at how both sides of the political spectrum think that taxing behavior to fund a government entity is an excellent idea. If all the issues that politicians love to tout as being taxed in order to curb bad behavior and subsequently putting those funds to a good cause were graded, you would find an abysmal failure. Falling the way of the tobacco tax for chips, lottery funds for schools that has failed, and now TxDOT's inability to fund its road repair projects due to its dependence on the gas tax. As a business owner I can personally testify that trying to pay for set and increasing costs through fluctuating income streams is an unsuccessful business practice especially if that income stream is dependent on the whims of political meandering.
Ready for an Obama gas tax break? TxDOT might not be
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