The fuel tax as a revenue stream for transportation infrastructure is flawed and becoming a target for abuse the same as tobacco tax has as it relates to health costs. With all the envirocommies driving around in their stylish little hybrid freakmobiles, they are not paying their fair share for highway usage. I read somewhere awhile back that Kalifornia was considering basing taxes on mileage because the revenue stream from fuel taxes was decreasing as more people switched to more fuel efficient cars. The only common denominator between vehicles and their true cost on the transportation system is where the rubber meets the road, literaly. The fuel tax should be abolished and incorporated into the excise tax on tires. As for as taxing fuel for its effects on climate, the only people pushing that are the commies that invented the lie, and the idiots that believe it. They could pay a voluntary tax to make them feel good all over, but it shouldn’t be forced on people that are grounded in reality. To reduce fuel costs we need to exploit our domestic rescources, build more refineries and quit burning up the worlds food supply like a bunch of braindead zombies.
