Is is drunk driving or Michigan roads?
Mar 5, 2019 10:06:56 #
Mar 5, 2019 10:14:00 #
Accurate depiction of M roads - I thought CA roads were bad until I traveled in M - took the side roads which turned out to be in better shape than the major thoroughfares... I thought I would destroy my camper because of the potholes...
Mar 5, 2019 10:16:11 #
Mar 5, 2019 10:35:34 #
Now, the new governor of Mich. wants to raise gas taxes by 45 cents a gallon to fix them. You'll want to drive in Mich. even less then.
Mar 5, 2019 10:51:16 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Now, the new governor of Mich. wants to raise gas taxes by 45 cents a gallon to fix them. You'll want to drive in Mich. even less then.
Thanks for the heads-up - I have relatives in Livonia, but I can make it there and back from the RV park in Ohio...
Mar 5, 2019 11:19:33 #
Mar 6, 2019 05:38:01 #
Mar 6, 2019 06:53:14 #
Mar 6, 2019 07:18:47 #
Mar 6, 2019 08:22:38 #
There are over 20,000 miles of roads in India made of recycled plastic and it is pothole resistant!
Mar 6, 2019 08:28:51 #
Right! I recognize local drivers as those who know where the potholes are and avoid them.
Mar 6, 2019 08:29:33 #
nikonbug wrote:
There are over 20,000 miles of roads in India made of recycled plastic and it is pothole resistant!
But they melt when it gets hot.
(Kidding, of course)Mar 6, 2019 08:39:00 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Now, the new governor of Mich. wants to raise gas taxes by 45 cents a gallon to fix them. You'll want to drive in Mich. even less then.
I guess drivers in MI don't already have a gas tax, tolls, registration fees, etc. Where is all that money going? They can't afford to repair roads? It's the same in every state. They collect millions from drivers and then use the money for their own purposes.
Mar 6, 2019 09:06:15 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Now, the new governor of Mich. wants to raise gas taxes by 45 cents a gallon to fix them. You'll want to drive in Mich. even less then.
Michigans last gas tax increase was in 2015. The main points of those bills passed by the Republican Michigan House and Republican Senate and then signed by Republican Governor Snyder are as follows:
A 7.3-cent increase in the 19-cents-a-gallon gas tax and an 11.3-cent hike in the 15-cent diesel tax in 2017. They believe this will raise $400 million annually with automatic yearly inflationary increases to both taxes in 2022 and beyond; plus there's a 6% sales tax on gas.
A 20% rise in license plate fees in 2017, which they believe will bring in $200 million annually. This increase in registration taxes will average $20 more per passenger vehicle, along with fee increases of between $30 and $100 for hybrid electric vehicles and between $100 and $200 for non-hybrid electric vehicles.
And still our roads are a mess because Michigan didn't use that money for roads. But they did give Business a 1.8 BILLION $$$ property tax reduction......
Sure glad I'm not pulling our travel trailer around anymore.....
Mar 6, 2019 09:29:54 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Now, the new governor of Mich. wants to raise gas taxes by 45 cents a gallon to fix them. You'll want to drive in Mich. even less then.
If Michigan is like many states they dump their gas tax money into a general fund that eats it up on everything but what it was intended. Taxes collected for a specific purpose should have a separate account and used ONLY for the purposes collected and intended. But, there I go again, thinking logically when politicians absolutely do NOT!
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