Edward Wrote:
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> Of course we wouldn't all be beating on each other
> if the feds subsidized rail at the same rate that
> they do roads. Think about the Interstates, 90%
> federal and 10% state. And the latest budget that
> takes money from the Federal Reserve rainy day
> fund so that the gas tax can go another year
> without a raise. The tax was last raised in 1993
> and is not indexed to inflation. Total inflation
> from 1993 until 2015 was 64.6 percent.
>
> Instead we all ßitch that our favorite project is
> being shortchanged instead of getting people in
> Washington who care.

Screw the gas tax. Make the rich pay.