CAA Flagship wrote:
Here is the logic:
Roads and bridges are designed, at great cost, to handle heavy loads from trucks. They would be less expensive if trucks were not permitted on them.
So let's say the truck is hauling some fine Bud Light.
The truck will carry approx. 5500 cases of beer (cans).
Let's say the truck burns 100 gallons of diesel (round trip).
And let's say the additional tax is 10 cents per gallon.
That would generate 10 dollars of tax revenue.
10 dollars spread out over the 5500 cases of beer would be an extra $0.002 per case.
So in this example, a 10 cent per gallon tax would have a negligible effect on the cost of Bud Light.
Adding 10 cents/gal tax on 140 billion gallons of diesel consumed in the US each year would generate 14 billion dollars.
Well, shit. That doesn't come close to the 1 Trillion or so that is needed.
Fuck it. Time to tell the truck to pull over and break open the beer.
