Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article , dpb wrote:


That's not reasonable in that the Federal highway system promotes
interstate commerce, not intrastate. Each state (or commonwealth) does
have their own state transportation departments which take care of state
highways already.
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I would have agreed with that assumption during construction of the
Interstates. Now, however the State Highway Departments are largely
responsible for maintenance of even Federal Highways, albeit with Fed
dollars to a certain extent. I don't see any real reason for the Fed
taxes to continue since all it is doing is siphoning off money that the
states could be using for stuff they need/want instead of what the Feds
impose.

Because the infrastructure is there and continues to need expansion at a
macro scale as well as micro.

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