In a message dated 25 Oct 96  08:28:42, Dennis Mummert wrote:
 DM>        Here's a thought.  Given that the Federal highway system is
 DM> complete anyway, maybe the States don't really NEED that funding. 
It's complete but maintainence is a killer.
 DM> Maintenance can come out of local pockets.  Interstate trucks already
 DM> pay road-use taxes, and legally the Fed [ought] to be required to
 DM> pony that up.
Why should maintenance come out of local pockets when the gas taxes should be 
paying for it? Look at the percentage of the price they get on gas and oil 
etc? Imagine what truckers are paying per year in taxes.
If the gov't won't provide Federal highway maintenance then states should 
withold Federal monies and use it for THEIR infrastructure and highway 
maintenance. Simple solution when the gov't blackmails you. 
Why pay the gov't just becasue they extort from you? I though John Gotti was 
in jail....
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