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Report: Would you rather be taxed on distance driven or fuel? 1343138400

As cars get more fuel efficient, they become a less profitable source of government tax dollars. So what's a big city to do? Raising gas taxes is certain political death. For American officials in the San Francisco Bay area, creativity is the key. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission and ...
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Report: Can adding toll roads close budget gaps? 1338381000

Governments need to pay for things, and when traditional sources of revenue decline, other sources are found. To deal with the urgent needs of the highway infrastructure system and, if possible, add capacity, states need a lot more money than they currently have. Unable to get more from Congress, ...
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Report: Report: Glenn Beck goes off on GM's Akerson over proposed $1 gas tax, calls Volt "crappy" [w/video] 1307741460

If there's one thing that is fast becoming true about the Chevy Volt, it's that U.S. right-wing political pundits really, really don't like it. So, we will admit up front that this story comes straight out of the "predictable/it's not news when an idiot says something stupid" file, but it's ...