Another note on vehicle miles traveled taxes.

The big problem with fuel tax is not that it isn’t raising enough; it’s the government’s constant diversions out of the highway trust fund into other, non-highway uses.

If the trust fund had not been raided over the years, if the money had collected interest and the interest been kept there, would we be where we are now? Probably not.

This is a pattern. Our fuel tax money is often diverted to other causes. The money from the recent federal bank bailout isn’t being used the way it was intended. Don’t even get me started on Social Security.

So if we have a vehicle miles tax, what assurance do we have it will be spent on roads? The answer right now is none.

So what’s the solution?

We have to keep an eye on government. We have to make sure they are doing what they were sent to Washington to do.

Unfortunately, eternal vigilance really is the price of liberty.