$1.75 in a couple of spots in Chattanooga. $1.81 around the corner.
I know I'm speaking to a mostly anti-tax crowd and to some extent I'm tired of taxes too. But I've got no issue with making EVs and hybrids pay for the roads we build for them; the tax just needs to be equivalent to the gas taxes paid by hydrocarbon-based vehicles. I personally think the bulk of gas taxes are nothing more than welfare for road-builders and I'll be glad to argue whether our gas tax dollars are well spent or not. But by amortizing the cost of building and maintaining roads across all of us (gas taxes), we pay less than letting the for-profit sector sell it to us at outrageous prices like Big Pharma does our meds.
Just to throw another idea out there, I think we should convert hunting/fishing licenses to recreation licenses. Those who use the streams, rivers, hiking and biking trails, mountains and (public) beaches (which are currently maintained and protected by MY hunting/fishing license and state/national park pass revenue) need to contribute equally to protecting these resources. Don't care if it's kayaks on a trout stream or rock climbers on a mountain or hikers in a state park or bass fishing on a lake or hunting deer; if you use the resource, you need to contribute to its protection and sustainability for future generations.
