Gasoline Tax: Can’t Win for Losing

First, the government asks everyone to cut back on their driving to save gasoline. So, drivers started driving less, and buying less gasoline, and now lobbyists are saying we saved so much on gas, that not enough taxes are being raised to keep pace with the need for repairs to roads and bridges.

A federal commission created by Congress to find a way to make up the growing revenue shortfall in the program that funds highway repairs and construction is talking about increasing federal gas and diesel taxes.

A roughly 50 percent increase in gasoline and diesel fuel taxes is being urged by the commission until the government devises another way for motorists to pay for using public roads. This would mean roughly a 9 or 10 cents per gallon increase in the Federal tax collected at the pump on gasoline, and around 15 cents on diesel fuel.

Seems we, as drivers, can’t win for losing.

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