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October 27, 2006
Being Propositioned in Election 2006: Proposition 1A
Proposition 1A is a (state) constitutional amendment about which puts all gas-tax revenue into the Transportation fund, rather than putting it into the General fund. I can see both sides on this issue. On one wrist, taxes on Gas are a fairly direct tax on using a state-provided bit of infrastructure (roads). Thus it makes sense to make the people who use roads pay for them...
At the same time, it happens that the State’s general fund can be overdrawn and thus the legislature may want to raid it to pay for things like schools or prisons. Flexibility isn’t an unimportant thing...
Ultimately, I’m going to vote against this one. Sales taxes are sales taxes; there are some major pieces of infrastructure (I’m looking at you: schools and prisons) which benefit everyone and have almost no directly taxable inputs or outcomes. Since damned near everyone in the State drives, this is a fairly broad tax across the entire population. I’m not married to this opinion, though. If you have an argument in favor of this prop, let me know...
Posted by Andrew at October 27, 2006 02:22 AM