Title | : | The Option of an Oil Tax to Fund Transportation and Infrastructure |
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Author | : | Keith Crane |
Release | : | 2011-02-22 |
Kind | : | ebook |
Genre | : | Law, Books, Professional & Technical, Business & Personal Finance, Industries & Professions |
Size | : | 497889 |
Federal spending on surface-transportation infrastructure outpaces federal taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. Increasing fuel efficiency means that fuel-purchase expenditures have dropped, so real revenue generated from these taxes has declined. A percentage tax on crude oil and imported refined-petroleum products consumed in the United States could fund U.S. transportation infrastructure. |