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nraacct Champion Author North Carolina Posts:6,878 Points:1,469,025 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 9:32:57 AM Ignore nraacct Report Abuse Raising motor fuel taxes is not the only means of funding Iowa’s critical transportation needs, but the alternatives – bonding, tolling and sales taxes, for example – come with their own shortcomings, the state’s transportation chief told lawmakers Jan. 28. Department of Transportation Director Paul Trombino III didn’t rule out pursuing some combination of motor fuel taxes and alternative funding sources. Visit Muscatine Journal for full article

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Raising motor fuel taxes is not the only means of funding Iowa’s critical transportation needs, but the alternatives – bonding, tolling and sales taxes, for example – come with their own shortcomings, the state’s transportation chief told lawmakers Jan. 28.
Department of Transportation Director Paul Trombino III didn’t rule out pursuing some combination of motor fuel taxes and alternative funding sources.

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sjf238 Champion Author Philadelphia Posts:1,215 Points:647,955 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jan 30, 2013 9:15:16 AM Ignore sjf238 Report Abuse Here comes $4.00 gas.
remay Champion Author Houston Posts:6,973 Points:2,118,590 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Jan 30, 2013 9:10:25 AM Ignore remay Report Abuse Better get used to new and exciting ways to get the funding!
coughlin Champion Author San Jose Posts:5,190 Points:1,118,840 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 3:28:14 PM Ignore coughlin Report Abuse Gas taxes (user taxes) are the fairest.
K9LO Champion Author North Dakota Posts:2,690 Points:544,955 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 12:02:27 PM Ignore K9LO Report Abuse Get the chain gangs out there.
Discovery02 Champion Author Colorado Springs Posts:2,570 Points:311,640 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 11:49:46 AM Ignore Discovery02 Report Abuse So, what you're saying is that the Iowa State Government didn't plan for, budget for, road maintenance before now and now that they're running into potholes, they have to figure out a way to fix them and pay for it?? Amazing.
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:34,271 Points:2,372,345 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 11:28:21 AM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse use tax money for what its collected for, problem solved
hmw10284 Champion Author California Posts:1,142 Points:198,200 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 11:26:30 AM Ignore hmw10284 Report Abuse if you are going for alternative funding a sales tax would be the most equitable since all those good travel on the roads
dodsworth All-Star Author Salem Posts:783 Points:296,905 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 11:25:39 AM Ignore dodsworth Report Abuse Many governments are talking on this issue. Gas usage has decreased at other times in our history, so what makes this tax base discussion so important now...? Are vehicles fueled by alternative energy sources really making that much of a dent?
lesabreAZ Champion Author Phoenix Posts:1,696 Points:413,430 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 11:24:31 AM Ignore lesabreAZ Report Abuse The could fill the pot holes with BS
cdrrod Champion Author Wisconsin Posts:4,159 Points:784,750 Joined:Feb 2006	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 11:19:54 AM Ignore cdrrod Report Abuse May be true, but ultimately taxpayers still pay it one way or another...
skempton Champion Author Vermont Posts:1,149 Points:840,135 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 10:52:52 AM Ignore skempton Report Abuse Will have to find funds somewhere.
TripleHs Champion Author Austin Posts:3,355 Points:918,090 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 10:46:50 AM Ignore TripleHs Report Abuse gas tax is not effective anymore and also less fair those days
Norm10 Champion Author British Columbia Posts:3,342 Points:162,925 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 10:46:49 AM Ignore Norm10 Report Abuse Gas taxes will never make the rich people who can afford electric cars pay their fair share.
1970vette Veteran Author Nevada Posts:408 Points:310,310 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 10:43:24 AM Ignore 1970vette Report Abuse wait till you buy an electric car and see what taxes you pay
bluetruck54 Champion Author Quad Cities Posts:1,477 Points:443,760 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 10:41:05 AM Ignore bluetruck54 Report Abuse Nicoalbum: actual the state has a surplus (yes, that is correct) but the state, like every other state, has a infrastruture problem that has been put on the back-burner for years, so we have roads, bridges, etc, that need repair. Everybody wants a quck fix, but that's not in the cards. Bottom line: everybody is going to pay more someplace but we still don't want to fix the internal problems....
OTISFL Champion Author Pensacola Posts:4,615 Points:866,790 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 9:54:53 AM Ignore OTISFL Report Abuse Money has to come from someplace or other.
Nicoalbum Champion Author Ottawa Posts:6,027 Points:1,190,000 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 9:46:36 AM Ignore Nicoalbum Report Abuse Apparently, the state budget is in the red
Wally3023 Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:2,036 Points:541,175 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 9:45:08 AM Ignore Wally3023 Report Abuse Right
VomVom Champion Author Calgary Posts:3,857 Points:1,627,080 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 9:41:04 AM Ignore VomVom Report Abuse Got to do whatever it takes to pay for road maintenance. The challenge is to find the fairest way of doing it.
fedupMN Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:2,959 Points:574,430 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 9:39:06 AM Ignore fedupMN Report Abuse Got to pay one way or another
RBob Champion Author Portland Posts:3,379 Points:2,348,850 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 9:37:48 AM Ignore RBob Report Abuse With the rise of alternative fuels with no road maintenance taxes, another method of funding maintenance has got to be developed that is equitable.