The governor last year recommended raising the gas tax to stabilize how we pay for highways and bridges. Could you vote to raise the gas tax? Absolutely. I was very disappointed to see that The funding for our roads, which did increase, if I'm remembering my numbers correctly, from a year ago, was only on Wisconsin citizens. We've got plenty of people coming in from Minnesota, Illinois, traveling through our area, and they're not paying additionally to fund our roads. (15:46–15:56)
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Asserts that the increase in road funding was solely borne by Wisconsin citizens.
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