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Unifying argument: Gas taxes are needed to fund the infrastructure gas powered vehicles run on. These infrastructure investments have tangible financial returns that exceed their costs.

Divisive argument: Gas taxes are needed to modify behavior that a certain segment of the population thinks is harmful but that an equally as large portion of the population thinks is fine.

I'm a proponent of raising gas taxes (and tolling more roads) because done in moderation, this is a no-brainer. The resistance to doing it, however, comes from the fear people have that what we're really trying to do is implement wholesale cultural change that radically alters lifestyle. Common sense infrastructure financing and investment should not be about cultural revolution otherwise it will never happen.

by Falls Church on Apr 10, 2012 10:48 am • link • report

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