Gas tax, or Gasoline tax?
Gas tax would be methane, right. No Flatulence.
Meanwhile, all the gas(oline) stations are doing brisk business.
Its pathetic really. The Government doesnt explore for oil, they dont survey, they dont buy the rigs responsible for drilling, they dont prep the land for drilling, they dont drill the oil, they dont transport the oil to a refining facility, they dont refine the oil, they dont synthesize the oil into its varying grades and uses, they dont bottle or can the oil, they dont transport the oil to consumer sales facilities, they dont sell the oil.
They buy the oil, they heavily regulate the oil, they stand in the way of entrepreneurship and they tax the hell out of oil. Government is the problem and has never been and never will be a solution.