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How should America fund its highways in the 21st century?

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imageA White House proposal to tax crude oil would address the U.S.'s perennially underfunded highway maintenance program.scottummy/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Falling gasoline prices have sparked a comeback among gas guzzlers, and the Obama administration wants to stop it in its tracks.

The White House last week proposed making crude oil more expensive by...

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