Show I WHERE DOES YOUR GAS TAX MONEY GO No group bears so heavy a bur bur- burden burden burden den of class taxation as do motor motor- In 1933 for example refineries produced gasoline asoline valued at The federal government taxed this gas Th The st states te taxed it ft or a total of As a result the ine he gaso gasoline i tax lax actually actually amounts amoun I per or we val o of the product This situation as the San An- An Antonio Antonio A Atonio tonio Express recently said would woul be bad enough if all tax gas t money were spent for building and an maintaining roads The motorists s would be at least getting some some- something something thing for his money But a con con- constantly con constantly constantly rising number of states are coming to regard the gas bas tax as asan asan a an inexhaustible source of ot revenue for all governmental go purposes purpose They divert gas tax funds to pay pa for schools for unemployment re- re re reI relief lief for maintenance harbor-maintenance for oyster propagation and for a Ion long list of similar undertakings none non nono of which i d directly benefit o the me aver aver- ave it seems perfectly perfect o obvious that such undertakings 3 should hould s be paid for out of the gei gen gen- general genral i- i eral e ral taxes provided by all the tax tax- taxpayers ta p payers ayers and not by added taxes on c that t hat group of citizens which owr owns owis 3 a and nd operates motor cars It is an encouraging sign that th it a aggressive opposition is developing in i n all parts of the country against again the t he diversion of gas tax mone money y f from rom use on roads Roadwork Road noad work was w is the t he reason for the tax being in- in inaugurated a in the first place and an m motorists accepted it without ob- ob jedion j But now every motorist jt h has as a thoroughly justified corn com complaint con i p plaint against his gas g-as tax x money monc bein b ein for projects unrelated to t o road and development development and every motorist m should enthusiastically y join j oin in the movement mo to bring bringas brin gas g as tax diversion to a halt |