California adds 12 cent gas tax and 20 cent diesel tax

spoon059 wrote:

NYCgrrl wrote:
Of course the reverse can be said of car-less citizens who pay for roads they have no direct use for. In some parts of the country mass transit is the norm and car ownership unusual.

The difference is that those roads are used to transport freight, police and fire fighters... services that the car-less citizens still use. Those are essential services that benefit everyone in society and are part of the core goals of the federal government.

High speed transit that costs an exorbitant amount of money and benefits very few people is not a core goal of government. I'm not opposed to high speed transit options to give options for domestic air travel, but these are excessive costs for a relatively small stretch of rail.

I'm not opposed to higher fuel taxes, you have to pay to play. The issue that I have is politicians (in either party) that jack the tax of particular item and then use those funds to support projects unrelated to those taxes. Use fuel taxes to fix the roads, bridges and public safety associated with roads.

Mass transit IS essential to any community that is not simply thinking of the currently able bodied.
Children, certain physically challenged people, the poor, senior citizens, come to mind off the top of my head and least this way it isn't regulated solely to them.

Over 2 million people of all socioeconomic classes ride the transit system of NYC daily; wouldn't want to see, smell, or hear, half that amt of personal vehicles daily, LOL.

You want your personal chariot?
Be my guest but puhleese, downhome, don't condemn the rest of us to a lower form of Communism:P.
We are alllll about a veddy pure form of capitalism that allows the lil worker bees to get to their life's work on time;):B.

Imagine the first time I visited another "big" city in this country(Boston) and realised the trolleys stopped running at midnight or "some don't they party all night/ work all day?" hour( NYC runs 24/7). And and if you walk in parts of FL people think you're up to no good, LMAO. Can't wait to see how Nebraska parties...

What an eye-opener on how others live and for me that's what travel is all about:C.