The Automobile Subsidy

On Nov 21, 8:56*pm, jim <"sjedgingN0Sp"@m@mwt,net> wrote:

> * * * * That 95% of taxpayers drive and use roads and therefore 95% of taxes
> should be used for road construction. And since 95% of taxes are not
> spent on roads it is your belief that tx money is being illegally
> diverted to other purposes.

Some of my property taxes are used to subsidize transit. But _more_
of my property taxes are used to subsidize the needs of highways. The
gas tax doesn't cover all the costs.

Yes, transit is subsidized, but it is a miniscule percentage of the
taxes we pay; and people who don't live in service territories pay
less or none.

Roads are subsidized, too, from general taxes, much more than people
think.