RileyMC, then in order to be consistent, I take it you support user fees for schools (only people with kids in gov't schools pay school taxes), public transportation (busses and trains are 100% funded by fares), libraries (people are billed when they check out a book), bike paths & bike lanes (paid for entirely with a mileage-based tax on bicycles) etc.,?
Depends on what kind of society you want, but yes, in principle, I would support individual user fees for those things. The current systems
does smack of socialism, does it not?
Note, also, that they're seeing declining revenues in gas taxes, due to people driving Prius and Echos . . . these are the people, those evading gas taxes, who ought to pay more, rather than being subsidized by those who drive larger vehicles.
Au contraire. The lighter and more fuel efficient vehicles get more miles per fillup, but they'd still pay proportionate to their use (although at a lower per mile rate, on the theory that lighter vehicles cause less 'wear and tear' on the roads.)
Seems to me that's a completely libertarian view, is it not?