Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou View Post

It's certainly better than plans to raise the gas tax.
Assume the average family burns 40-gallons a week. Raising the 18-cent federal gas tax another dime would cost the average family around 15-20 dollars a month.
I'm not seeing a huge issue here. The 18 cents federal gas tax isn't putative, imho. A 28 cent tax wouldn't bother me.