[paleorite]

You ignored most of my post. And like I said, taxes haven’t gone up in 15 years, and yet, in those 15 years, I remember gasoline being well under $1.00 gallon! Something just ain’t kosher.

[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