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Gas tax holiday talk dies; Congress eyes increase instead

The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere... [snip]

Now, lawmakers quietly are talking about raising fuel taxes by a dime from the current 18.4 cents a gallon on gasoline and 24.3 cents on diesel fuel. Americans pay about 47 cents on average in taxes for a gallon of gasoline. [CA = 75-cents]

Other ideas that will be on the table when lawmakers write a bill next year include more toll roads [$], more public-private 'partnerships' [$], congestion pricing [$] and user fees [$] where drivers pay a tax based on how many miles they drive.

[we elected them {again} - now what do we do? well, there is November... {president isn't the only thing we'll be voting on}]

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