Quote Originally Posted by ndavies View Post
Everything the government does is paid for by taxpayers. It's their only source of money. It doesn't matter where the tax or fee is applied, it always comes out of the taxpayers pocket.
Your absolutely right, of course, but it was supposed to be "business" that was going to take the hit, not the taxpayers. The second part is the additional license, registration fees, and gas tax money, is going to be be kept in the "General Fund". Which, of course, means the extra revenue can also be used for "general" things. In this case though, it's the automobile owners and gasoline buyers that will be footing the bill for "general" things. This is how things came to be in the current state they're in.