[DakotaRed]

The gas tax is the only tax that I've ever supported, and only because I know what's next when it lapses.

Sorry, Bob, but accepting the "lessor of two evils" is still accepting evil. What you say may well indeed come, but not due to all of us rolling over and simply allowing the bully to have his way.

As far as I'm concerned, a fight is never over, not as long as I'm still breathing. If all else fails, the Founding Fathers gave us an out against oppression and abuse from our government.

Members of the Political Parties as well as ordinary citizens need to realize we actually have 4 branches of government. Executive, Legislative, Judicial, and WE THE PEOPLE!!!! Politicians are our representatives, not our Lords.

So no, I won't just sit back and allow myself to be raped as a "lesser of two evils," not as long as I have a breath left in my body, freedom of speech, the right to campaign and vote and if all else fails, the Second Amendment.

[BobL]

I do admire your consistency, and if the gas tax had been properly indexed for inflation, and used strictly for road building, we wouldn't be having this debate.

If the Dems (or Reps) wanted to raise the gas tax to fund other handouts, then I'd be right there, next to you protesting, as I'm sure we line up together on probably every other issue.

But this one - we'll each see it differently.