Good start. However, I'd only agree to it if my non-stop screeching for a moratorium on new highway construction is heeded.
Others have commented about the need to get things under control before levying this tax. True enough on that front. The assertions that this is 'communist' are flat ridiculous. The more you use the highways, the more you should pay. That's not pinko, it's reasonable. And it encourages an end to unsustainable sprawl development and forces us to confront the problems in urban/industrial/commercial centers where people will start to gravitate.
Building new highways means more highways to maintain and repair in the future (i.e. MORE taxes). We don't need new highways. We need people with more patience, better mass transit, flexible work schedules, and a general realization that the fantasy suburban life is truly just a fantasy whose curtain has just come down.
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