LaHood: “Raising the gas tax is not an option”

Gas tax is “insufficient”

Jon Boyd, Jul 26, 10.

US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood claims that raising the federal gasoline tax is both impossible and unnecessary, according to an article in the Journal of Commerce:

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said a combination of current-level gas tax receipts, road and bridge tolling, and President Obama’s proposed infrastructure fund could offer a way to fund a long-term federal infrastructure program without new taxes.

Appearing before a heavily attended conference in Washington, DC, of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, LaHood vowed “raising the gas tax is not an option” to increase money available for federal transport spending.

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