Show Motorists l Want Van I Moneys Money's Worth WorthAn An old 01 1 thing the taxpayers gets awfully tired of heating hearing is the one that flint goes If you want good roads you have Ilave to pay for them This is no news to the tho motorists of America They Thoy have havo paid for just about every overy foot of highway in existence and for n a lot moro more that never will be built because the money has Ims been spent on other things In the past eight years the tho Federal government has collected 34 billion in special highway user tax tax- taxes taxes es but only billion of that went into the High High- HighWay Highway Way Trust rust Fund The Tho other billion was spent on projects having no connection with roads During tho next eight ight years motorists will pay billion billion more in Federal highway user taxes but buto o billion will go to build highways The oth- oth other other er billion will the general fund and from iero Who knows f Some Somo States also use largo large amounts of highway taxes taos for non highway non purposes the total State diversion diversion amounting to ar around und million every r year r f be e extremely difficult to convince most r I I I al motorists that thoy th should pay more mom gasoline taxes or any other highway taxes until all the money they now pay at both tho State und and Federal levels i is put to work building high highways as |