Let Their Be New Taxes

One day man made a car – and it was good. Ford begat GM who begat Chrysler who begat Dodge, etc. But, lo – a road was needed. A politician from the mountaintop declared users should pay and a gas tax was born. All paid to the mighty gas tax was to be for roads and bridges to carry ourselves to and fro without the dreaded ruts.
But one day Mr. Politician was in need of re-election and needed money to buy barrels for the pork. No one would know if he just took a little out of the gas tax fund. After all, roads take years to get approved and built and surely another tax will raise the money to pay it back. Let the robbing of the highway fund begin.
One day Mother Nature became angry because we were hurting her air. Mr. Politician in need of campaign dollars declared the Earth in need of our help. More efficient cars will save our resources and clean the air and get him re-elected.
Now cars are more efficient, Mother Nature is happier. But all is not happy. With less gas being bought there is less tax money being paid to the highway fund. Since the money borrowed for other things is not returned, a problem has arisen.
How do we build more roads for more cars needing less gas which provides fewer tax dollars to fund the new highways and bridges and all the other projects that have nothing to do with highways not to mention pad the politicians re-election pockets? I sense a new tax coming.