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Fuel Tax Revenue - Box

Fuel Tax Revenue - Box Where the Fuel Tax Revenues are Kept

States have collected taxes on gasoline since 1919, and in 1932 the U.S. Congress enacted the first federal tax on gasoline. These taxes were deposited in the General Fund. Beginning in 1956, federal motor fuel taxes were earmarked...

International Trade - Box

International Trade - Box International Trade Data

Overall and modal trade totals cited here are based on annual data reported by the Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census Bureau in the FT920 U.S. Merchandise Trade: Selected Highlights, (December 1999) report, U.S. Exports of Merchandise...

Figure 1 - Highway Trust Fund Revenue Sources: 1970-1998

Figure 1 - Highway Trust Fund Revenue Sources: 1970-1998

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SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Federal Gas Tax: Household Expenditures from 1965 to 1995, TranStat, August 1997. 1998 dataU.S....

Figure 1 - Labor Productivity Trends by Mode

Figure 1 - Labor Productivity Trends by Mode

Index: 1955 = 100

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Rail

Trucking

Pipelines

Bus

Air

Business

NOTE: Output is measured by quality-adjusted ton- and passenger-miles for railroad and air...

Figure 2 - Federal Motor Fuel Tax per Household: 1966-1998

Figure 2 - Federal Motor Fuel Tax per Household: 1966-1998

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(a) Current Dollars

(b) Chained Dollars

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Federal Gas Tax: Household Expenditures from 1965 to 1995,...