Hillary's Gas Tax Holiday Sucks

Hillary Clinton proposes to suspend the 18 cent per gallon gas tax for the summer while our transportation infrastructure collapses beneath our feet. Not only will this be bad for our roads, bridges, and public transit, it may well cause the price of gas to go up. Why? Because removing the tax will increase usage. Demand will go up, and the oil companies will raise prices to take full advantage of this. Then, the proposal to put a new extra tax on oil company profits will cause the companies to raise their prices again to cover the tax. This is insane! People who've been to Europe rave about the excellent public transit and the wonderful condition of the roads. Oh, but gasoline is $10 a gallon there. Well, I got news for you: The market price of gasoline is no higher in Europe than in America. The difference is caused by taxes on gasoline, which are used to deliberately discourage excessive usage, while providing a financial base for decent roads and decent transit. The gas tax shouldn't be suspended, it shoud be raised to a level comparable with that in say, Germany or Sweden. Then we'll have real progress in this country too....