Congress supports cars not paying for road improvements
Congress isn't likely to approve raising gas taxes to pay for road improvements, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Friday.
"It's very hard on elected officials to go back to their districts and tell people -- under these economic conditions -- that they are going to raise a gas tax," LaHood said.
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I'll mention one alternate tax idea would be to switch from so much per gallon to a percent of the cost of gas. That way the tax has some hope of keeping up with inflation and in the short run gas prices can be set to be the same as they are now.