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Mr. Luddite

On 3/24/2015 12:16 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 10:21:50 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 3/24/2015 9:47 AM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 3/24/2015 7:27 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
No matter how severe the environment is for infrastructure in the
northeast, Gregg assures us it is far, far worse in SW Florida. Well, of
course it is.

And used Florida cars are not highly desirable up here due to their lack
of rust and frame rot. :-)

Harry lies and you swear to it. ;-)
What percentage of federal and state road taxes collected are used to
repair and improve the road system in your state, as compared to Florida.

Beats me. I thought we were discussing what area has more bridge and
overpass corrosion due to their relative climates ... Florida or the
Northeast.

If you are looking for how gasoline taxes and tolls contribute to a
state's spending on road systems, here's a chart. As the article
states, it's only about a third of the total amount spent. The rest
comes from other revenue sources.

I think you have to also consider the size of the states, miles of roads
and number of bridges and users. The chart isn't a relative comparison
of who spends the most or least per capita.

http://taxfoundation.org/article/gasoline-taxes-and-tolls-pay-only-third-state-local-road-spending

Actually this started with me suggesting that they raise the gasoline
tax, provided that it all gets spent on the roads.
If you and Harry are right and your roads need more maintenance, you
should be paying higher gasoline taxes.

Oh, the politicians are trying. Our past governor (Deval Patrick)
floated the idea of a mileage tax. The more you drove, the more you
paid. Also proposed more and increased tolls. Tax on fuel only is
only one way to increase revenues and in a way it's self defeating. Cars
average much better mileage than they did 15 or 20 years ago.

Mostly, we just put up with rusting bridges and foot deep potholes. It's
Massachusetts after all.