Just suspending it for 3 or 4 months will do very little for the average motorist. Average 15,000 miles per year, so at the most the average number of miles driven during a 4 month suspension might be 5,000. At an average of 20MPG, the $0.184/gallon federal gas tax would save about $46. Big whoop.
You’re right, IMO. Eliminate it permanently.
If they suspend the tax on diesel too, and not just the federal tax, but ALL tax, state tax included, then it could give the economy a little breathing room and maybe get it’s feet back under it again...maybe halt the food price inflation.
That is nothing to sneeze at.
And transfer the cost of paying for the roads from the people who actually use them to the top 20% of income tax filers who pay for everything else.