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Autos  Gas tax or road tax? Electric cars recharge an old debate
Opting for one tax over another may feel like a choice between
lesser evils. Yet a simple device may solve two problems at
once, fixing our broken highway funding system and charging
electric cars for their fair share of road costs.  The root of
the problem is the gas tax, which hasn’t been raised in 20
years. Consider what car you were driving 20 years ago. The tax
is set at 18.4 cents a gallon, which at this time 20 years ago
accounted for about 17.5 percent of a tank of gas. Currently, at
$3.28 a gallon, only 5 percent of the price of a gallon goes to
stupid taxes. Had it been last year, when gas prices were at
$3.50, we would have been winning even more. More gas, less tax,
Wait, so where is all this money going? It’s not going to
American roadways.    The Highway Trust Fund is broke, or
borrowing from other general taxes, to pay for the shortfall of
decreased tax revenue brought