The gas tax holiday is a bad idea. Americans need to be weaning themselves off oil, not getting incentives for us to use more. Oil is a limited natural resource, and burning it emits greenhouse gasses. Rather than lowering the relatively small percentage gasoline is taxed, we should be encouraging the development of more fuel efficient automobiles (especially electric) and encouraging renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.
Posted on May 25 at 4:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The gas tax holiday is a bad idea. Americans need to be weaning themselves off oil, not getting incentives for us to use more. Oil is a limited natural resource, and burning it emits greenhouse gasses. Rather than lowering the relatively small percentage gasoline is taxed, we should be encouraging the development of more fuel efficient automobiles (especially electric) and encouraging renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.
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