News Net 5: States are Doing What Congress Won’t on the Gas Tax
media mention“We had quite a long drought where states weren’t willing to deal with this issue, despite the fact that their infrastructure wasn’t in great shape,” said Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. “We’ve definitely seen a pretty rapid change on this issue — it’s really been pretty much a 180.”
Davis said the fall of gas prices during the past year, coupled with a rebounding American economy, gave state legislatures new latitude to raise taxes at the pump. But it’s been a long time coming for legislatures that have put off maintaining infrastructure. The result has been crumbling roads and unstable bridges across the country.