Switching Places

June 21, 2021 – According to an article in the Alaska Journal of Commerce, the debate over how to pay for the nation’s roads, bridges and transit systems is leading some normally anti-tax Republicans to embrace higher levies on motorists: even a new one based on miles driven instead of fuel purchased. But some Democrats who have supported the idea of charging a mileage fee are now opposed. They see infrastructure as an economic stimulus measure and want it paid for by corporate taxes. That change of positions has Washington observers scratching their heads. “If you took the positions and went back 10 years, you would say, ‘What?’” said Adrian Moore, vice president of policy at Reason Foundation, a libertarian think tank.