It is because they are politicians and take money from special interest groups to ignore facts.
CA now is paying the highest gas tax in the country not due to a lack of gas but we are using too little with our electric cars and high mileage engines so the government was taking in less tax so, since the issue seemed to be solving itself, the government lost money which can never happen so, they charge us more for using less.
Like the post office.
I believe the king has taken more then his fair share.
Well we have a nation who elected a man who claims the the “planet will boil over” if Africans get cars and air conditioned houses — in Africa!