CEI Podcast for March 1, 2012: A Highway Bill Everyone Can Hate

by Ryan Young on March 1, 2012 · 1 comment

in CEI Projects, Mobility, Podcast

Have a listen here.

Land-Use and Transportation Policy Analyst Marc Scribner explains why almost nobody is happy with how this year’s highway bill is turning out. Fiscal conservatives are leery of the price tag. Earmarkers are disappointed at efforts to make the bill pork-free. Transit activists are upset that the current version of the House bill would end the practice of using 20 percent of gas tax revenue to subsidize mass transit.

David Begley March 2, 2012 at 3:40 pm

More proof that the government is hard pressed to do anything right. What happens to these people when they get to D.C. ?

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