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Originally Posted by brk-lnt
As per usual, you have an interesting opinion based on lack of direct experience and a misinterpretation of basic data.
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And he simply has his facts wrong. The NH portion of the gasoline tax is $.18, and has been since 1992. The feds garner another $.19 for a total impact of $.37 a gallon here in NH.
As a sidenote and not to further hijack this thread, one of the oft stated reasons that many NH road repairs go unfunded year after year is a lack of revenue from the gasoline tax to fund such repairs. And one of the problems cited with the revenue stream? The constant siphoning off of funds by the legislature to build non-highway projects.
This proposal is an excellent example of a diversion of tax funds for a purpose never intended when the tax was formally implemented.