October 10, 2014
All states impose some kind of gas tax that generally supports transportation infrastructure, but the taxes and fees that drivers actually pay make up a smaller share of total highway funding than at any point since the Interstate Highway System was created in 1957, according to a May 2014 policy brief by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP).
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