National Affairs: He Who Gets Taxed

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Since the automobile first became an object of taxation, States have spent much of the money derived from motor taxes to build and maintain State highways. These highways run through rural districts and avoid the cities, or stop at their outskirts, though more than 50% of all motor vehicles are registered in cities and towns of over 10,000 population. Last week the American Automobile Association proposed a new system: that States treat trunk-line thoroughfares in cities as a part of the State highway systems; that these trunk lines through congested areas be built with funds from State motor taxes.