Take Gasoline Tax Away from the Highway Department?

Why is gasoline over $4 per gallon in California? Every time I visit there, I see oil wells pumping, refineries refining and storage tanks overflowing. So what's the deal? Is it as simple as high demand in spite of low production costs? If so, when will the lights come on and a change take place? Uh-oh - Bill is starting to lose it again. Radical political ideas.

How about if we take gasoline tax revenues and not use them to build and repair highways? Oops - that would ruffle some feathers. Instead of feeding the highway system to increase auto traffic and pollution, let's use gas tax revenues to build people movers like Disney has demonstrated for over 20 years.

This way, when roads are no longer being built and potholes slow down traffic, folks will make the switch to alternate modes of transportation and demand for "old fashioned" gasoline will decline Ta-da.

Revolution is a good thing - without it we would not have the USA. Sometimes you must force change in spite of the status quo . . . . "well, that's just the way we've always done it." If you think this is a good idea, then talk it up. If it catches on, guess who will take the lead in building people movers - yep, Exxon-Mobil. Just you watch, folks.