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Re:Tesla offers ‘Full Self-Driving’ option, prompting critic... by jazzyjackson on Sunday September 26, 2021 @01:59PM (#28662995)
All I had to do was google “Are roads fully funded by the gas tax” to find a contracticting source:

> Nearly as much of the cost of building and maintaining highways now comes from general taxes such as income and sales taxes (plus additional federal debt) as comes from gasoline taxes or other “user fees” on drivers. General taxes accounted for $69 billion of highway spending in 2012.

[pdf] https://uspirg.org/sites/pirg/files/reports/Who%20Pays%20for...

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Re:Tesla offers ‘Full Self-Driving’ option, prompting critic... by NoblePublius on Monday September 27, 2021 @12:15PM (#28672572)
Perhaps my use of the term “earmarked” was confusing. This refers to a congressional requirement that certain tax revenues be allocated for specific purposes. That’s the gasoline tax and very very very few taxes are written this way.
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