And if they do, it goes into the pockets of a bunch of union thugs, then back to the Democrat Party!
Idiots!
Winner of the follow the money contest.
Motives, Motives.
President George H. W. Bush would make history in two ways in 1990: he would abandon his “no new taxes” pledge and he would designate a portion of the gas tax to be used for something other than roads. As part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA 1990), the gas tax was increased by another five cents, bringing the total to 14 cents per gallon. Within a ten year span, the gas tax had increased, under Presidents Reagan and Bush by ten cents per gallon, a 350% increase.
The gas tax was also no longer a dedicated tax. The additional revenue was no longer going to highways and roads projects. Half of the increase in the gas tax under OBRA was earmarked for deficit reduction, a key worry in the 1990s.
1993 would bring another Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA 93), another President (Bill Clinton) and yet another increase in the gas tax. The gas tax was further increased by 4.3 cents with all of the increase targeted to reducing the federal deficit. Four years later, as part of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, President Clinton would reverse course, earmarking the gas tax increase back to the Highway Trust Fund. That same year, the .1 increase to help pay for leaking underground storage tanks which had been allowed to expire was reinstated.
Over the years, the tax has looked like this (IRS report downloads as a pdf):