Federal and state transportation funding crisis--what do you think?
The federal gas tax of 18.4 cents per gallon was last increased in 1993. The Missouri gas tax of 17 cents per gallon was last increased in 1996.

Since fuel taxes are set per gallon, the buying power of the tax decreases every year (see graph).
To keep the same buying power as they had when those rates were established, the federal tax would have to be 28.7 cents per gallon and Missouri's tax 24.5 cents per gallon today.
So every time we buy a gallon of gas, we're enjoying an "automatic tax cut" of 10.3 cents per gallon in federal taxes and 7.5 cents per gallon on state taxes.
Which is great--but the decrease in real buying power in the fuel tax revenues have put transportation departments in a bind.
We're not paying for our roads, highways, and other transportation--and both the federal government and the Missouri state government will soon have to do something about it.
Our question for you--what do you think they should do?
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