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Low Oil Prices Prompt New Interest In Raising Gas Tax, Cutting Subsidies

Sensing mounting momentum on the issue, “smart growth” advocates, elected officials and others are pushing President Barack Obama to indicate his support for an increase in the federal tax on gasoline in his State of the Union speech next week.

Low Oil Prices Prompt New Interest In Raising Gas Tax, Cutting Subsidies

-MintPress News 1/15/2015

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