Friday, February 20, 2009

AP Interview: Transportation secretary says taxing how much we drive may replace gasoline tax -- Newsday.com

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he wants to consider taxing motorists based on how many miles they drive rather than how much gasoline they burn — an idea that has angered drivers in some states where it has been proposed.
Gasoline taxes that for nearly half a century have paid for the federal share of highway and bridge construction can no longer be counted on to raise enough money to keep the nation's transportation system moving, LaHood said in an interview with The Associated Press.

AP Interview: Transportation secretary says taxing how much we drive may replace gasoline tax -- Newsday.com

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