Valuy@lemmy.zip to You Should Know@lemmy.world · 11 days agoYSK that the idea that drivers pay for roads is a myth, because funding sources also include property taxes, sales taxes and income taxes that people pay regardless of whether they drive or notblog.ucs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square134linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkYSK that the idea that drivers pay for roads is a myth, because funding sources also include property taxes, sales taxes and income taxes that people pay regardless of whether they drive or notblog.ucs.orgValuy@lemmy.zip to You Should Know@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square134linkfedilink
minus-squarexSikes@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoI never heard it was drivers who pay for the roads. I’ve always heard it’s taxes.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoI guess that’s what gas taxes in some place are supposed to go to? Idk, I have done Municipal accounting before and I know that you can almost always shift expenses around to make money used for anything.
minus-squareEarthman_Jim@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoYeah, I really think this is a common misconception…
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoMaybe because some states use the gas tax to fund their DoT?
I never heard it was drivers who pay for the roads. I’ve always heard it’s taxes.
I guess that’s what gas taxes in some place are supposed to go to? Idk, I have done Municipal accounting before and I know that you can almost always shift expenses around to make money used for anything.
Yeah, I really think this is a common misconception…
Maybe because some states use the gas tax to fund their DoT?