Originally posted by Doktor
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For tax dollars spent out of general revenue on roads, there are both those who pay the bulk of road funding, based on their income, and perhaps half the population are free riders who have no income tax obligations. There are few states which meet their road-building and maintenance expenses from gasoline/diesel taxes.
One thing to keep in mind - most wealthy suburbanites make their money in major cities. In Minneapolis I-394 was built specifically to bring the wealthy of the west suburbs directly to downtown to work as lawyers, accountants, consultants, and other "professional" careers.
Minneapolis swells to perhaps 800,000 - 1,000,000 people by day - then the very wealthy leave with their city-earned money to go spend most of it in the west suburbs.
Kind of like Robin Hood, but in reverse. They don't see it that way, but I do. If I make my money somewhere - I tend to spend it there as well. I spend most of my baseball vending income at a country-themed bar two blocks from the stadium after work, where I eat, drink, and make merry with fellow beer vendors, and also try to meet new people if my fellow beer vendors can't make it to the post-game festivities.
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