[Jonah Hex]

Table 1: History of the Gasoline Tax

		Purpose
Date	Tax Rate in cents per gallon	General Revenues	Highway Account	Mass Transit Account	Other Trust Funds
June 21, 1932	1.0	1.0
June 17, 1933	1.5	1.5
Jan. 1, 1934	1.0	1.0
July 1, 1940	1.5	1.5
Nov. 1, 1951	2.0	2.0
July 1, 1956	3.0		3.0
Oct. 1, 1959	4.0		4.0
Apr. 1, 1983	9.0		8.0	1.0
Jan. 1, 1987	9.1		8.0	1.0	0.1
Sep. 1, 1990	9.0		8.0	1.0
Dec. 1, 1990	14.1	2.5	10.0	1.5	0.1
Oct. 1, 1993	18.4	6.8	10.0	1.5	0.1
Oct. 1, 1995	18.4	4.3	12.0	2.0	0.1
Jan. 1, 1996	18.3	4.3	12.0	2.0
Oct. 1, 1997	18.4		15.44	2.86	0.1

For reference, here's the history on the federal gas tax

[Jonah Hex]

And here's a link to state gasoline taxes, as of 2005. This, of course, does not include local gas taxes.

[paleorite]

And your point is? It seems like there are too many so-called conservatives who have drunk the “private can do no wrong, public can do no right” kool-aid. Get off the kool-aid and smell the coffee.