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24 April 2006 

The Chicken and the Gas Tax

  • Gas taxes subsidize good roads.
  • Good roads encourage driving.
  • Driving uses more gas.
  • Gas prices go up.
  • Drivers complain about gas prices.
  • Law makers decrease taxes to make drivers pay less for gas.
  • Road quality decreases.
  • Drivers complain about roads in poor condition.
  • Law makers increase gas taxes to improve roads.
Has anyone noticed that supply and demand is a lot like the chicken and the egg story?

"The average gas price in Pennsylvania now stands at $2.94. The national average is $2.90. Some argue that lowering the state's 30-cent-a-gallon tax on gasoline would help alleviate the price at the pump, but Rendell said that would take about $300 million away from the state's transportation needs" (WGAL.com).

And tonight I paid $2.95/gallon to tank up. That's six-cents more per gallon than it was fewer than 12 hours before. I knew I should have invested in a hybrid car last year. Or at least tanked up this morning.

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