Letter to the Editor: Some taxes are okay

Dear Editor:
Some taxes are okay. For instance, the first federal gas tax, four cents, was levied by Congress during the mid-50s for the express purpose of building the interstate highway system. Few objected to that, and after 38 years the last segment was completed in Glenwood Canyon in 1992. (Imagine not having an interstate highway system). Taxes applied to a specific goal are generally more acceptable to taxpayers. Highway user taxes, (on gas, diesel,…