[quote=equalizer]Transportation costs are heavily subsidized to encourage sprawl. The Transnet tax that funds highways that is a sales tax instead of a gas tax because voters have an irrational phobia toward any tax on cars and gas. People will drive miles for cheaper gas yet won’t spend time to analyze the bigger expenses.[/quote]

equalizer, what is your opinion on this duplicity in making a “tax” palatable to the general public (ex. CA voters)? Is this GOOD or BAD for CA??