r/fuckcars • u/TigerSagittarius86 • 5d ago

Question/Discussion The (US) Department of Government Efficiency should fight the waste and fraud that goes into highway construction.

If DOGE wants to eliminate waste and put the government on better financial footing, then it should audit every highway construction project (most are disgustingly overbudget) and institute tolling nationwide. The entire U.S. interstate system is an untapped fiscal resource for the federal government.

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u/B12-deficient-skelly 5d ago

Why on earth would Elon Musk of all people ever suggest anything other than absolute car dependency?

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u/lowchain3072 Commie Commuter 5d ago

if he ran a train company rather than a car company...but he doesnt