The Wall Street Journal: In Low Gasoline Prices, an Opening Emerges for Higher Taxes

“There aren’t many products where every time you go for a drive you see the price thrown at you a dozen times before you get to your destination,” said Carl Davis, a senior policy analyst at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit research group in Washington. “Gasoline is something people buy frequently. It’s a significant expense for people.”

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