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Article #620344Re: Bitcoin confusion?
From: Anne Lynn Wheeler
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 21:48
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 21:48
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Dan Espen <dan1...@gmail.com> writes: > I'm having trouble understanding the Wikipedia comment on the issue: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System#Financing > > The federal contribution comes overwhelmingly from motor vehicle and > fuel taxes (93.5 percent in 2007), and it makes up about 60 percent of > the contributions by the states. > > Does that mean the feds pay 60 percent of the money the states spend? or fuel taxes makes up 60% of contributions by the states??? we've also had lots of past discussions that highways are primarily designed for heavy truck 18wheeler axle-ton-miles (ESALs) lifetime and nearly all wear & tear is all from heavy truck 18wheeler axle-ton-miles (cars and light trucks play no factor). heavy trucks frequently carry blurbs about enormous amounts that they are paying for the highways ... but non-truck use is in effect subsidising heavy truck use (with their fuel tax) ... the highway heavy truck subsidy plays a role in trade-offs with railroad/truck freight comparisons. truck scales and other regulations motivated largely because overweight trucks greatly accelerate highway wear and tear (overweight trucks add significant infrastructure costs)
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