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Tax Foundation’s Hoffer on eliminating gas tax for per-mile one and ridiculous costs to broadcast sports
Adam Hoffer, director of excise tax policy at the Tax Foundation in La Crosse, in studio for two very different topics — substituting a gas tax for a mileage one, plus the ridiculous costs paid to NFL, NBA for broadcast rights.
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Began the conversation talking sports economics, which is what Hoffer taught for over a decade at UW-La Crosse. The first half of the conversation was about NIL deals. After that, we got into the TV market and the extraordinary costs companies like Amazon and ABC are paying for NFL and NBA rights and what that might do to consumers, who may be priced out of being able to subscribe to these services to watch.
After that, we got into the dying gas tax that’s used to pay for fixing the roads but isn’t keeping up because of more efficient cars, plus electric and hybrid vehicles. Hoffer has researched what some states are beginning to do, by charging a per-mile tax.
