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Taxes on tractor-trailers....?

Why do people insist that tractor trailers pay MORE taxes for the alleged damage they do to the nations roads? The average truck pays around $12,000 or more in road taxes a year already. How much do cars pay?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I have to pay a car tax every year and it is only thirty dollars. My husband is a trucker and I am so sick and tired of all the extra crap he has to pay just to bring a little money home. Diesel fuel is another huge expense. Have you also noticed that if a truck is involved in an accident it is automatically the truckers fault? I don't think that the average American understands that without truckers, America will stop. I wish the government would cut the truckers some slack.

  • Eldude
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Tractor Trailers are taxed because the Nation needs them. If they were not necessary the govt wouldn't tax them.

    It is a easy source of revenue, besides here in NY State, your highway tax goes into general fund to feed illegal aliens and other welfare scum.

  • 6 years ago

    tricky situation. lookup at yahoo and bing. it may help!

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