Quote Originally Posted by Wakizashi
America is a large country...like 4th largest in the world, if we started getting extremely high gas taxes it would be the death of our economy...plus 4.00 a Gallon isn't exactley cheap in my book, considering 4 years ago, it was 1/4th that price.
Not if the government did it correctly.

If one shows that the efforts of thier fuel consumption is for economic reasons. Ie truckers, delivery trucks, and those in the transportation industry can apply for a tax excemption because of commerical use then a higher tax rate on fuel does absolutely no harm.

I don't mind a higher tax on gasoline - if the taxes collected were to be used to fund research into alternative fuels and to pay off the debt. However that is just wishful thinking on my part.