http://westnorth.com/2007/10/11/week-away-wrap/ an irregular view on cities Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:54:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://westnorth.com/2007/10/11/week-away-wrap/#comment-10211 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:35:57 +0000 http://westnorth.com/2007/10/11/week-away-wrap/#comment-10211 On the other hand, another plan (linked in the press to Tom Cross) to direct regional sales taxes on gasoline to transit, and to raise car registration fees to make up some of the lost General Fund revenue, has at least this to recommend it: the sales tax on gas goes up with the ever-increasing price of gas, whereas the per-gallon gas tax goes down. At some point, the per-gallon tax should be reindexed, since it is losing its purchasing power as a result of higher gas prices.

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