358:, 1932 Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., then president of General Motors, and other industry leaders founded the National Highway Users Conference (NHUC) to work for good, all-weather roads in every state to “get the farmers out of the mud” and to protect highway funding sources from depression-born demands for new tax revenues.
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From a June 24, 2009 Legislative Alert issued by the
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should be used to fund major highway projects and programs. It publishes research proposals relating to specific highway improvement proposals and regular reports that highlight the most congested roadway bottlenecks in the country.
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this bill will raise the price of gasoline by 77 cents over the next decade. And unlike a traditional fuel tax increase, none of the revenue raised will be spent on highways."
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