Traffic moves along U.S. 36 in 2012. (Denver Post file)
Re: “Americans agree on importance of highways but disagree on how to pay,” Aug. 6 news story.
An Associated Press-GfK poll asked Americans if they liked roads. Answer: yes. Then the poll asked if we wanted to pay more for them. Answer: no. A contradiction? No, a false choice. The second question should have been, “How would you like to fund maintenance of roads?” If I were the pollster, I would have provided several options.
A) Raise the gas tax.
B) Quit using federal highway funds for trains that are hard to get to and don’t go where I want to go.
C) Quit using taxpayer money to fund things we don’t need. The Cato Institute recommended specific cuts to several federal departments totaling over $657 billion.
Instead of just asking what we want, someone should ask what we want more.
Brian Vande Krol, Westminster
This letter was published in the Aug. 9 edition.
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