* * *Had sleaze not spoiled it, the road users’ tax was a novel idea. Meanwhile the Road Board bosses took huge kickbacks too from projects that it oversaw in multiple congressional districts. Now, in having the Board scrapped, Duterte wants the road users’ tax to be placed alongside other revenue collections. The road users’ tax should remain for road safety. If the government commits to spend the yearly road tax collections on safety features, industrialists and technologists would be encouraged to manufacture the facilities.

Source: Philippine Star January 08, 2019 16:00 UTC