| Show Fighting Gasoline Tax Diversion 1 The n merlc Roa Road l Builders assocIatIon re recently announced n a drive a against diversion of gasoline and automobile taxes from high a tray purposes 1 In support of the date drle e th the aid of ot the public legisla legisla- legislative I tl the tive e bodies and nd chambers of com com- commerce commerce merce will WIlt be sought ought I The association contends contend I that th gasoline soline tn tax diversion dl whereby erslOn- erslOn the motorist 1 is rs made to pay for something he down doen t yet yet-es is one of the biggest est obstacles to the maintenance of an adequate te pro pro- program program gram ram of highway y con con m in inI inthis thIS country In order to IV g-IV give the I public the complete facts the as- as association as association plans to gather Jather natIon I wade ton information concerning the mount amount of gasoline tax ht ti funds di 11 diverted diverted I and the purpose for WhICh ire are used I It is doubtful if lf any tn tax has ever been so abused abue l as al that levied a against gasoline The tn tax was ini- ini initiated ini initiated some ome twenty t ent years ago In order order to make the good r mo mot ement possible It was predict predict- predicted predicted t don edon ed d on the theor theory that th motorists who ho receive e the principal l benefit from fine highways highway s would not object ob- ob ob object Je t to contributing through the tax hC a special fund for their con construction an and maintenance The average rr ge motorist did not object object- object he was e oven eten en ea eager r to pay y the tlC tae helle me- me it to be equitable and just So it Wl wh when was was when n it wa was 1 used I exclusively for roadwork road work But dur during mg recent years rs mor more and more h he have e come to depend upon the tho gas ta tax as an nn inexhaustible course of or revenue re for th the general g fund fiend The tax tae rate has been ben upped up- up ped ed time and and ng again and le less s and less of the re revenue nue has s gone one to highway departments As AJ a n result whenever the motorist takes hIS hiscar fir ear out he is forced a p a spec spec- spec spec-al al class tax hC much of nf which IS iced to defray v th the cost of thrones v should be he pail paid for by hv a n ta tar equally affecting all people The motorist has ha stood for this hC tax racket long enough It is a 1 sae sa Ic c forecast that he wilt will rally with cheers behind the new to use o P taxes hec only onh- for the purposes for which they were originally ltv intended |
