Oregon prepares nation's first per-mile road tax

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by barbara

This might be a dumb question when it comes to taxes and roads..... But do commercial truck companies and companies that use primarily the roads to transport pay some sort of tax that supports the maintenance of roads?

Afaik yes, that was the deal with the devil that took freight off far more efficient rail transport onto trucks to fund the interstate roads.

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[icenine]

Is it my imagination or has there been a huge increase in tractor trailer trucks on our highways....out here both the far right and second to far right lanes on the interstate are clogged with semis. A slower moving car will get run over in the right lanes.

[hillbilly]

Originally Posted by icenine

Is it my imagination or has there been a huge increase in tractor trailer trucks on our highways....out here both the far right and second to far right lanes on the interstate are clogged with semis. A slower moving car will get run over in the right lanes.

TN is about the same way. And in the job section it is clogged with multiple businesses posting ''growing company now hiring professional drivers to add to our team. OTR experience a must.'' Lots of trucks hauling Chinese goods.

[matteos]

It's like the Swiss.. always neutral in a war. .. nothing wrong with that but they do it because they profit. How much nazi gold do they have? Sure they never gassed anyone. . They just took the money and it's gone. . They want to be neutral. Great, send in Nato because they won't fight and we open every one of those vaults, return stolen goods to the rightful heirs or descendants of. Dealing with war criminals ought to be a crime. Cayman islands want to profit of us? Send in the Marines and recover our rightful taxes.

Should be a crime to bank with impunity.
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilre...-billions.html

[donquixote99]

You're as war-happy as a neocon, just a different target set....

[Rajoo]

Tax codes are written by congress with loopholes specified by the lobbyists. Corporations then take full advantage of these loopholes. It's all perfectly legal. And the members of House and Senate get reelected at overwhelming rates.

So who is at fault here?