Stateline.org: States Divided on Raising Road Taxes
From Stateline.org:
Clashes over transportation spending have been somewhat tamer in other states but the outcomes no different than in Idaho. Raising taxes during a severe recession is a tough sell. States will get about $50 billion in federal stimulus money for transportation, but that won’t begin to deal with the national need, which the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials says is $545 billion.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1955 Get The Facts
“Our unity as a nation is sustained by free communication of thought and by easy transportation of people and goods...Together the unifying forces of our communication and transportation systems are dynamic elements in the very name we bear — United States. Without them, we would be a mere alliance of many separate parts.”
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California
Antonio Villaraigosa
Mayor, Los Angeles
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