Business group backs higher gas tax to fix highway system


Leading enterprise group last Wednesday will support the federal gasoline tax increase trillions of dollars, the United States is expected to infrastructure needs, to help fund behind the politically unpopular ideas.
"The chamber of commerce (the ministry of commerce) support, and gradually increase gasoline tax and inflation hook," group President Thomas linked to tell the house of representatives committee on traffic.
"From a business point of view, if you need things, will provide a good return, you have to go to, and invest in it, and buy it," he said, roads and other infrastructure, makes it possible to produce and move objects.
"Linked to say," this is why we are willing to pay more, we know that in gasoline and diesel taxes will make our productivity and efficiency and reduce cost.
An American society of civil engineers study estimated, the United States need to spend $2.75 trillion, maintain and improve its infrastructure, to 2020, about two-thirds of the expected federal, state and local government funding during this period of more than $1.66 trillion.
, according to a study by the year 2020, about 35000 people lost job, failed to make the roads, water, power grid, railway and other infrastructure project investment cost about $3.1 trillion for total economic output loss.
The share of the highway project has been traditionally by federal gasoline tax, this has been 18.4 cents per gallon, since 1993 is regarded as an invalid way to increase income, because of rising automobile fuel efficiency.
To improve the gasoline tax has encountered opposition, republicans in congress oppose any tax increases. Fourteen states are put forward their gasoline tax for twenty years, although there are eight countries since 2008, according to the national state council meeting.
Gasoline tax and related tax measures, into the federal highway trust fund raised about $4 billion, before 2007 down to around $2011 in 360 billion.
The standard car manufacturers, in order to meet the new cars and trucks average fuel efficiency is 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016 and in 2025 to 54.5 miles, the more pressure, gasoline tax source of income.
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Linked to said, the United States chamber of commerce, on behalf of more than 3 million large and small enterprises, support, and at the same time improve the gasoline continue to find new ways to subsidize road project is a difficult budget environment.
This position to the former chairman of the house transportation committee, republican Congressman John mica, suggest linked to touch his membership, and urged him to find a new job.
", rather than focus on innovation and the private sector investment, waste reduction program and red tape, (linked) advocate plus tax, not quoted vision and innovation cost-effective transport solutions, he advocated and tax, "mica said.
However, the current traffic committee chairman bill schuster, in BBS held earlier in the day by the American chamber of commerce said, capital highway infrastructure all options "on the table."
Schuster, republican warned that the United States on the world market competition ability, there is no more money to cover the risk of project.
He said: "we will reach a point of no return, transportation system may not be able to recover, we will lag behind other areas in the world down."
Schuster said he agreed to, rely on the gasoline tax may in the long run is unsustainable, but it will be in the short term is difficult to change other options.
He said, according to the "vehicle mileage payment system" is unpopular, especially suggested that the repeater in automobile driving mileage, records and transmission.
Aaron del, Pennsylvania former governor Ed Democrats, said it was "inevitable" federal gasoline tax, must improve in the short term highway project funding.
He also claims to the ability of the federal interstate highway system collect tolls, and requirements for new infrastructure projects to provide loans to Banks, let more countries.

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