that i get my information from environmental literature? i got my information from the non-partisan Brookings institute.
on average gas taxes, and other "user fees" contribute only ~60% of infrastructure costs (pdf -- Fueling Transportation Finance: A Primer on the Gas Tax, page 4):
Gas Tax 34.8%
Vehicle Taxes and Fees 19.7%
Tolls 4.4%
Subtotal 58.9%
Though only tolls are technically user fees. for example, i use a lot of gas driving on unimproved roads, meaning i am paying extra gas tax for road development, and maintenance of roads i do not use.
Here is the rest of the breakdown:
Property Taxes 4.8%
General Fund Appropriations 15.3%
Other Taxes and Fees 5.6%
Investment Income and Other Receipts 5.8%
Bond Issue Proceeds 9.5%
Subtotal 41.1%
you have repeated your numbers about transportation in the state of Oregon a million times, but you ignore the national numbers, and the fact that the federal government funds roads in our state, too.
i don't get your stance at all. you have done some really good research about the ridiculous subsidies and property tax discounts going to those million dollar condos in the pearl, yet you are completely unwilling to admit that the automobile infrastructure in this country has been subsidized since its inception.
like i have said before, this is a culture war: people who love their cars and want society to continue subsidizing the only cars vs. people who want the subsidies to fund a more balanced transit system.
why do you assume
that i get my information from environmental literature? i got my information from the non-partisan Brookings institute.
on average gas taxes, and other "user fees" contribute only ~60% of infrastructure costs (pdf -- Fueling Transportation Finance: A Primer on the Gas Tax, page 4):
Gas Tax 34.8%
Vehicle Taxes and Fees 19.7%
Tolls 4.4%
Subtotal 58.9%
Though only tolls are technically user fees. for example, i use a lot of gas driving on unimproved roads, meaning i am paying extra gas tax for road development, and maintenance of roads i do not use.
Here is the rest of the breakdown:
Property Taxes 4.8%
General Fund Appropriations 15.3%
Other Taxes and Fees 5.6%
Investment Income and Other Receipts 5.8%
Bond Issue Proceeds 9.5%
Subtotal 41.1%
you have repeated your numbers about transportation in the state of Oregon a million times, but you ignore the national numbers, and the fact that the federal government funds roads in our state, too.
i don't get your stance at all. you have done some really good research about the ridiculous subsidies and property tax discounts going to those million dollar condos in the pearl, yet you are completely unwilling to admit that the automobile infrastructure in this country has been subsidized since its inception.
like i have said before, this is a culture war: people who love their cars and want society to continue subsidizing the only cars vs. people who want the subsidies to fund a more balanced transit system.