The Spark

the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist

“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx

Semi-Truck Vehicle Fees and Raggedy Roads

Sep 2, 2019

Do Michigan Secretary of State vehicle registration fees go toward fixing crumbling roads? Not nearly enough.

A series in the Detroit Free Press brought to light a Michigan law passed in 1988 that directs millions of dollars away from road repair and toward the Michigan Trucking Association, a lobbying group.

A nonprofit agency called the Michigan Center for Truck Safety–housed INSIDE the trucking lobby building and sharing employees with the lobbyists–gets millions in state grant money!

Is it any wonder the roads are in such bad shape?