Gas is cheap, so it's time to reap- more tax revenue. It will be much less noticeable now, as opposed to when it was $4/gallon.
Where else is the "infrastructure" revenue to come from but more taxes elsewhere?
Why is there a floor price on Agricultural products?
Oh yeah... the ass-f'n farmer.
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It's all par for the course in Washington politics. Tax dollars are wasted, given away, and spent on political favors ( pork ). Look at no-bid government contracts, grants, subsidies, projects such as the fence along our southern border, foreign aid, and the care and support of illegal immigrants.
And, an increase in the gasoline tax couldn't happen at a worse time. Since prices have fallen at the pump, we're putting an extra $100.00 or so in our pockets each month. Consumers need low gas prices to ease the pain of other cost, such as food, health care, utilities, and payroll deductions.
Yes, we do need to spend a lot more on infrastructure, especially bridges and overpasses. Infrastructure has been in need of repairs and upgrades for a very long time. And, think of the millions of jobs it would create. But, there are many more ways to fund infrastructure than to raise gasoline taxes. We can look closely and see where we could get $Billions to fund the projects. Some examples of where we could get the money to fund infrastructure projects without raising gasoline taxes: Subsidies paid to rich farmers and big oil, supplying weapons to drug lords and terrorists, building mosques on foreign soil, bribes paid to North Korea and Iran, tax breaks and tax loopholes for the wealthy and corporations, most foreign aid, senseless deadly costly wars, the care and support of illegal immigrants, exploring the far reaches of the universe, and no-bid contracts to defense contractors.
With the economy still on shaky ground, raising the tax on gasoline would be a bad move. But, politicians will play "politics as usual" without regard for most citizens.
