Taxpayers from all 50 states pay into the Highway Trust Fund when they fill their tanks with gas or diesel fuel.
A Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Wednesday provided few reasons to justify continuing down the current road. The subject of the hearing was legislation to reauthorize the federal surface transportation system, which the committee chairman, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., is hoping to unveil before Congress' August recess.
Barrasso then extolled the virtues of formula funding, which distributes 90% of Highway Trust Fund dollars to the states.
If money stays with the state to begin with, the federal government will never get a chance to cover those funds in red tape.
The current system of using federal taxes to raise funds for grants to states primarily generates benefits for politicians, leaving taxpayers with the bill.
State officials receive funds that are taxed at the federal level, and federal officials get to tout any benefits from the spending.
Elected officials should put the public good ahead of political concerns by reducing federal highway taxes and spending, and allowing state governments to take on a greater role.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/07/12/why-federal-highway-policy-is-a-speed-bump-slowing-down-better-roads/
A Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Wednesday provided few reasons to justify continuing down the current road. The subject of the hearing was legislation to reauthorize the federal surface transportation system, which the committee chairman, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., is hoping to unveil before Congress' August recess.
Barrasso then extolled the virtues of formula funding, which distributes 90% of Highway Trust Fund dollars to the states.
If money stays with the state to begin with, the federal government will never get a chance to cover those funds in red tape.
The current system of using federal taxes to raise funds for grants to states primarily generates benefits for politicians, leaving taxpayers with the bill.
State officials receive funds that are taxed at the federal level, and federal officials get to tout any benefits from the spending.
Elected officials should put the public good ahead of political concerns by reducing federal highway taxes and spending, and allowing state governments to take on a greater role.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/07/12/why-federal-highway-policy-is-a-speed-bump-slowing-down-better-roads/
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