Commenter Wrote:
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> Lots of people think that our federal (not raised in a quarter century) and state gas taxes
> pay for our roads. Some. Don't forget to add property taxes and income taxes...especially
> for federal highways.

1. Not true; I've read in excruciating detail the budgets for my state's DOT and there's no income or property tax revenue for highways. Might be true in SOME states but not universally. (In my state the tiny amount of income tax that flows to the DOT goes towards garbage pickup, and that's only because Legislators wanted to strip funding for state-subsidized Amtrak trains. So they switched funding, and now Amtrak gets money from personalized license plates which used to fund the roadside garbage pickup program.)

2. There's no federal property tax, so how can federal highways be paid for with a property tax?

3. Explain what a "federal highway" is. (Hint: Interstate Highways are *not* "Federal".)