A possible increase in the state's gasoline tax is back on the table.
He's calling for a significant increase in the gasoline tax.
He also agreed to a third increase, in the gasoline tax.
The money from gasoline taxes no longer comes close to meeting needs.
Yet its gasoline tax is now the third lowest in the country.
Other lawmakers have recently called for an increase in the gasoline tax.
Support for increasing the gasoline tax has been growing daily.
His call for an increase in the gasoline tax looks sensible.
It would increase the gasoline tax by 9 cents over three years.
Rather, much of the talk about new taxes centers on a gasoline tax.
"The question is no longer whether we cut the gas tax, but how we're going to do it."
To be sure, any new gas tax is difficult, both for political leaders and their constituents.
In the 1950s the gas tax was increased to four cents.
They reject a 10-cent increase in the gas tax by 4 to 1.
Under the Governor's plan, the gas tax would not be raised.
The family would collect the state and federal gas taxes, but keep the money instead.
That way people who don't drive much would get back more than they paid in gas taxes.
But how do we pay for that without a gas tax?
The flat gas tax had not been increased since 1988.
Unlike a gas tax, it's not too tough on people who drive a long way to work.
