Nationwide gas tax poll shows support for road maintenance--but not expansion | Strong Towns

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Americans generally support (71%) a 10 cent per gallon increase in the gas tax for maintenance, but when expansion is included, people oppose the tax increase by about the same margin (69%).

This should not surprise anyone. There is a fraction of Americans who reflexively oppose any tax increase and a similar fraction of Americans that reflexively support any tax increase where they sense a need. That 40% in the middle point the way to a rational approach: fix what we have before we even think of building more.

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Nationwide gas tax poll shows support for road maintenance--but not expansion | Strong Towns

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