Taxes are one of those things we all despise but can't avoid. I have always been frustrated by taxes that discourage positive things like saving and investing when they could be used to stimulate actions that improve looming issues too gradual to spark immediate public mandate for reform. Its easy for politicians to pander to the public but what about making the tough decisions they don't want but need? An increased gas tax, while wildly unpopular, would contribute to solving both the climate change crisis and that thing called US debt that nobody likes to talk about. Its Christmas Eve and I am tired so I will let David Wessel explain this better than I could have anyway.
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