re: Would u pay 17 extra cents a gallon if you knew that 100% went to roads and bridges?

Only if not only did that extra 17 cents go to roads, but so did every other cent we're already paying
AND
A guarantee that the following projects would be COMPLETED in the next 5 years:
New Mississippi River bridge near Plaquamine
I-49 Connector
Nicholson 4-laned from Burbank to Bluebonnet
Washington Street exit fixed
I-10 widened to 8 lanes from Washington Street to College Drive

AND
The following projects COMPLETED in the next 10 years:
I-10 bridge in Lake Charles REPLACED
BR Loop finished
LA 415 extended over the Intracoastal Canal to LA 1
Westbank Expressway completed
All of US 90 upgraded to interstate I-49
Airline Highway expanded to 6 lanes the entire length from Gonzales to I-110
Highway 30 expanded to 4 lanes with turning lanes from Bluebonnet to Airline
Another bridge over Amite River near S.Harrell's Ferry
Highway 42 expanded to 4 lanes between Airline and Port Vincent
Highway 73 expanded to 5 lanes from River Road to Airline
Highway 22 expanded to 4 lanes from I-10 to Highway 70
Highway 70 expanded to 4 lanes from La 22 to the Sunshine Bridge
I-10 @ Pecue interchange
I-12 widened to 6 lanes accross entire expanse
I 10 Widened to 6 lanes from Highland to La 22.
La 941 extended to connect with La 3251
La 3251 extended over I-10 to Cornerview and Chester Diez Road, forming new interchange for industrial vehicles at I-10 at Tanger
New interchange I-10 at Tanger for outlet mall traffic onto Robert Wilson Road.

Yes, but it would never happen.

Even if 100% of the new tax went towards roads, it will just allow the government to use up even more of the existing gas taxes for their pet projects.

Taxes sound good in theory but once the crooks (politicians) get control of the funds, shite goes awry.

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Well, when you tell the department heads they have to spend the budget to keep the budget, they will continue to shell out arse loads of cash on useless shite.

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They should incentive department heads to be under budget. To my knowledge there is no incentive for a department to drastically be under budget.

Under budget? Pshht. Bureaucracy laughs in your face. They fire people for coming up under budget

How many times has that trick been used? Not no but frick no start cutting useless government programs instead of wanting to raise more taxes.

Remember when they said that if we voted for gambling all the money would go to education?

What did they do?

As soon as the money started coming in they simply cut the amount that went to education out of the general budget by the same amount (actually more).

It's all a SCAM and shell game.

There is no such thing as dedicated funds. It's simply a lie to "sell" their scam.

You think maybe...just maybe, this will resemble the manner in which the La lottery was "sold" to the unwashed ? i.e. "all the proceeds will be dedicated to education in La"...just how has that worked out ????

In a heartbeat.