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To: tejek who wrote (361334)	12/13/2007 2:45:09 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574102

Your link proves my point. Check Table 2: Percent Distribution of Gasoline Tax Revenues Since 1983 Look at the percent that goes to general revenue 17.7%, 37.0%, 23.4%, 23.5% also there is a small percentage to "other trust funds"(but its not clear exactly where that money goes to), and 8 to 15% for mass transit accounts. So you have over a quarter (and at times over 40%) of the money going to something other than road construction and maintenance. Again that's just the federal taxes, and federal roads. State roads are a different story, you would have to have the data for each state to come to any sort of conclusion.