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Washington Wants You to Guzzle Gas

Tax dollars should subsidize mass transit, not cars

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 3, 2008 3:28 PM CDT

(Newser) – As gas prices rise, Americans are driving less—and fewer dollars are flowing into the gas-tax-fueled Federal Highway Trust Fund. President Bush’s illogical response? To take money out of public transportation and put it in the highway fund—the latest bizarre example of officials...   Read full story »

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