If you were an advocate of greater state expenditures for highway construction, which tax would you favor increasing?  Keep in mind that you want to make sure that most of the money goes for highway expenditures rather than other spending priorities
131908
Road use tax in the price of fuel. However more taxes means higher prices and I think we are taxed enough. Find the waste and eliminate it and then apply the savings to fixing the roads.
554011
Fiscal conservatives are in favor of limited government and prudent spending.\n\nSince I probably spurred this question, how would a fiscal conservative justify spending vast resources on experimentation?\n\nSocial and fiscal conservatives historically have agreed that federal money should not be used to further ANY agenda.
201801
I don't know if you can convince someone... it takes longer (and more money) to do something the right way... more money equals higher taxes... it seems like most people don't care about the "right way" to do things.. only the cheap way...\n\nI just hope the earth is more resilient than we think...
570388
~Let's see.  We work now until late may before we make a nickel for ourselves (duh, the rest going for taxes)  You're right.  50% is too much.  Let's keep it at our 40.5%.  Oops.  Forgot sales tax, tobacco tax, liquor tax, gas tax, ad nausuem.  We're paying close to 60%.  Bring on the warlords.  Sounds cheaper.
445829
No. I want the government to spend less in other areas in order to pay for these projects. Too much money is spent on meaningless pork. Too much money is wasted in fraud, waste and abuse. The government needs to do what most families have to do, namely tighten its belt and live within its budget.
116658
No. I like a national sales tax. You can exclude the necessities (food, clothing, etc.). The wealthier people would then be paying more (higher %) in taxes, while the poorer will pay less. If you don't have the money, you won't be out spending it on luxury items. Also, people that make their money through illegal means (i.e.: drug dealers) don't currently pay taxes on it. This would make sure they do. On top of all this, it gets rid of those complicated forms that nobody can understand except a CPA.
612411
All of the other previous responses that say you are only obligated to collect in your state are correct. \n\nThe reason you are getting conflicting answers is that most states are trying to get as much revenue as possible.\n\nYou can read more by following the link below.
559144
It's hard to say hypothetically, but often when a local government needs to build something, they use cash-on-hand as much as they can and borrow what they need to to make up the difference.  The cash usually comes from a budget surplus. So in your example, they might use $25 million from that year's budget surplus and borrow the other $75 million in the bind market.
616271
Yes, I think that is a great idea.  Why should people who live in the midwest have to pay for some rich person's vacation home, because it was obliterated by a hurricane?  If you are going to choose to live in an area, you should be willing to accept the consequences of what comes along with it!  You can't have the best of both worlds!  Coastal areas don't pay for my snowplowing!  I definitely think some areas get LOTS more federal dollars because they live in areas that tend to have catastrophic weather more often, yet they don't pay higher taxes due to living in a higher risk area.  NOT FAIR!!
90351
Yep, I'll speculate, they are giving us shit gas. I'ts 2.65 in Wisconsin and only goes half the distance in my car too. There are places where gas isn't treated here, but now are great goverment wants to poison gas across the state. One way of not raising the taxes elsewhere, just buy twice as much gas. Use 2x's the amount-get2x's the tax.
605282
Very interesting! I think you need to approach you state congressman and submit the idea to him/her. Sounds very reasonable to me.
549489
Limit immigration YES.  \nI already have contacted my state senator. I know him personally. He agrees it is a real problem & a tax burden for all tax payers. Since illegals don't pay taxes. The problem is getting congress to all agree on what to do about it.
164277
yeah. Think of the tax you save!
411614
I prefer low taxes.  The way I see it, the government just wastes most of our taxdollars anyway, so why would I want to give them more money to waste.  There's plenty of money there already, it just needs to be spent better.
395415
I couldn't find a national list.  I wanted to say, no state ALLOWS tax on anything.  They REQUIRE collecting tax on certain items/services.  "Allow" implies an option.
358784
Taxes are determined by the number of people the state needs to support.  \n\nFor example, since Las Vegas is in Nevada, there is no state tax because enough money is generated that they don't needs to have taxes.\n\nCA/NY have what they call high density population.  That means we cram a bunch of folks into as little space as possible.
44552
in texas , we have no state tax. makes this great state sound even greater doesnt it? when i was in the navy, 4 of my friends that were in started giving me a dollar each mont for rent on my house in houston so they could be living in texas and not pay their own state tax.