[TCats]

It's simply a Rock and a Hard place. Eliminating the gas taxes will only increase demand over what it otherwise would be and exert even more upward pressure on gas prices. The other side of the story is the reduction in tax revenues which, presumably, go to road and transportation infrastructure.

Either these projects are deferred, with concurrent economic impact, or they go forward on the back of additional Gov’t borrowing or imposition of higher charges and fees.

Either way the consumer will pay and, if taxes are eliminated, the consumer will very likely pay much more in the form of other indirect cost increases.

I say, let the market determine the price and stop the interference by the Gov’t - That is why we are in this spot in the first place.

[randita]

Either these projects are deferred, with concurrent economic impact, or they go forward on the back of additional Gov’t borrowing or imposition of higher charges and fees. Either way the consumer will pay and, if taxes are eliminated, the consumer will very likely pay much more in the form of other indirect cost increases.

I respectively disagree. With that logic, no taxes would be cut.

How about the government examines its spending just as most of us are doing and come up with ways to cut spending? Why do we, the little people, have to pore over grocery expenses and end up eating more dried beans and pasta, yet there's no incentive for government to get by with less.