A Gas Tax To Finance Transportation Infrastructure?
8 February 2004 - 1:00pm
Alaska Rep. Don Young argues that a deteriorating transportation infrastructure burdens the economy more than a gas tax increase would.
The chairman of the House Transportation Committee wants to boost highway and transit spending in the federal six-year transportation bill known as SAFETEA. The Secretaries of Transportation and Treasury caution that a tax increase or debt financing to increase funding would like draw a veto from the White House.
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News-Miner, February 8, 2004
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