There’s good news and bad news in a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the Highway Trust Fund. Thanks to a $30 billion injection from the federal Fund since FY 2008, every state in the union has collected more from the federal Highway Trust Fund than its citizens contributed in motor fuels taxes. Yippee!
As it happens, the Old Dominion is one of ten states that share the distinction of receiving only 91.3% of the national norm of federal highway dollars. Hey, Northern Virginia, you think you’re getting reamed by Richmond? Look across the Potomac! — JAB