Look Where Perry has taken our road money and taxes

AUSTIN — If you like traffic congestion, you'll love Texas' funding outlook.
The state's highway fund is projected to run dry of dollars for new construction projects in 2012, but with the state already facing a massive budget shortfall, any drive for major new transportation money could face a rough road.

The state's 20-cents-a-gallon gas tax hasn't been raised since 1991, and leading lawmakers give its chances of increasing in the coming legislative session as slim to none. GOP Gov. Rick Perry ruled out the idea; Democratic challenger Bill White said such an increase is “not where you start.”

“It's going to be hard just coming up with billions of dollars to put into new construction. Everyone is taking these oaths. ... No new taxes,” said House Transportation Committee Chairman Joe Pickett, D-El Paso. “I'm trying to make small changes that over time could make a difference. ... Because I can tell you right now, Pickett trots out there with a gas tax bill, I think we'll get 160 votes against it (in the 150-member House).”



http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/money_for_new_roadsin_texas_faces_struggle_104254929.html

He's just lying about no new taxes. We're going to pay for these roads one way or another. Either the gas taxes go up or you pay through the nose for tolls to foreign run toll companies. And those companies commit highway robbery under Perry's administration. It would be cheaper to Texans to just pay for the roads themselves.

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