tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614300246796046332.post963095288564412836..comments2020-03-01T10:37:59.893-05:00Comments on Grush Hour: US-DOT’s Pearl HarborBern Grushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484717588261701565noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614300246796046332.post-73848069519014329922007-08-10T12:30:00.000-04:002007-08-10T12:30:00.000-04:00Great post!Anybody that thinks about the concept f...Great post!<BR/><BR/>Anybody that thinks about the concept for even a few minutes will realize that increasing the fuel tax will get us nowhere as far as new funding for infrastructure repairs. They're (fed, state and local govt) all passing laws and rewriting codes to improve mileage on cars and reduce the amount of miles we drive and/or reduce our dependance on cars in general. Depending on an increase in revenues from a commodity consumption based tax while at the same time mandating a reduction in the consumption of that commodity makes no sense whatsoever, which is exactly why they'll do it.<BR/><BR/>But that's OK, we'll just have the debate all over again in a couple years.rtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00264477735756321665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614300246796046332.post-73057806941214343342007-08-06T23:51:00.000-04:002007-08-06T23:51:00.000-04:00Ahhh, but it is far more than just inflation. Mor...Ahhh, but it is far more than just inflation. More vehicles buying less gas per mile and escalating congestion and emission externalities are the less ‘obvious’ culprits. Because of the fuel tax’s inefficiency in taming the later two the fuel tax can only ever address the Trust Fund.<BR/><BR/>The Trust Fund, however critical should not be worshiped as the final solution.Bern Grushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484717588261701565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614300246796046332.post-48153790478510626272007-08-06T23:31:00.000-04:002007-08-06T23:31:00.000-04:00You couldn't be more correct Bern! It's unfortunat...You couldn't be more correct Bern! It's unfortunate that such things have to happen before the body politic wakes up and gets it!<BR/><BR/>The fear is that Congress will simply add another 5 cents to their already flat and failing tax. This would put the Highway Trust Fund on sound legs...for about 5 years until inflation catches up with that 5 cents. Let's hope we can convince them a better model exists.JustinPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579342597911023009noreply@blogger.com