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Michigan drivers face some of the highest gas taxes in the nation, yet the state continues to rank near the bottom for road quality and funding.
In the 2023-24 fiscal year, Michigan collected an estimated $1.5 billion in motor fuel tax revenue. But much of it never touches the roads.
According to the Michigan Petroleum Association, only about 67% of fuel taxes fund road work, while 12.8% covers administration and transit services, and 20%—the sales tax share—goes to schools instead of roads. more
It’s still not as highly taxed as Washingtons obscenely over-priced gas taxes or California for that matter.
“They are sheep, they like to be sheared” Magnificent Seven with Yul Brynner
And to think that there was a time when people bitched about paying a tax on their tea.
Schools were the supposed reason behind the State Lottery approval decades ago.
Education grabs money wherever it can find it.
Trust me as a lifelong resident of Michigan, there’s alot of stupid people in this state and I’ve been to their hives. It’s scary.
Don’t ask me what the money goes to but it’s not education.
I think they’ve been spelling indoctrination wrong.
Blue State, Blue theft.
Because of our Auto industry the allowable weight limit on trucks is very high per axle.
The trucking industry vehemently denies that this is a factorwhen common sense says different.
Heavy salt use on roadways in winter is also a factor.
Our roads suck.
They don’t fix, they patch.
Money squandered on illegals could be used to repair the roads.
But nooOOOooo!
Money is fungible, they just spend the taxes on other junk.
Those taxes go into the general fund where they can be spent on anything. Two states I used to live in have the same problem – to this day: potholes everywhere but with buildings full of transportation MBA’s making $200K/year, passing studies and reports to each other “for review.”