[jcp123]

Originally Posted by XYZ

Yes, that is what happens - it gets raided. Once a tax is approved, tax money can then be diverted in many different ways.

Once the taxpayers give the government the power to tax, and control over the money generated from the tax, it is no longer in their hands of the public. They have relinquished control over both.

In California, te fuel tax collected by the state simply goes into the general fund along with income taxes, etc.. I don't know about other states or the Feds, but that's a racket if I ever heard one.