Letters: Gas tax money would just be squandered

There is no denying that our roads need to be repaired. We were told we needed to let Richland County charge a penny sales tax to pay for roads, and we did. But the roads are still bad. I have seen signs that say, “Your penny at work,” but the ones I have seen were on beautification projects, not repairs.

Now the Senate has approved a 12-cent-per-gallon tax on gasoline. What makes anyone believe that this money will be used any more wisely than the county’s penny tax?

This story was originally published May 6, 2017 at 4:20 PM with the headline "Letters: Gas tax money would just be squandered."