It’s always their answer…

WASHINGTON — The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere.
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Now, lawmakers quietly are talking about raising fuel taxes by a dime from the current 18.4 cents a gallon on gasoline and 24.3 cents on

Despite the claim (by the Democrats pushing for a gas tax hike) that they need it to plug a shortfall in funds for infrastructure and the usual cry that lots of jobs will be lost, the reality, as Ed points out, is that this move is backed by big unions in the construction industry and the money is not just for infrastructure, but also massive amounts of government pork.

But rest assured that if Democrats pass this gas tax hike, the blame for the resulting economic pains to average Americans will undoubtedly be placed squarely on Republicans, President Bush, Halliburton, or Karl Rove.

1. Close your eyes for a moment and just imagine what the gas tax could would be under a congressional Democratic majority accompanied by NObama in the White House!!!!

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