The GOP sure deserves its reputation as the stupid party. First, PA Governor raises gas tax in an election year, after promising not to raise taxes (read my lips, anyone?), and is getting a whooping in the polls. Now Corker is proposing a federal increase. Aren’t we paying enough for gas?
If these politicians have the outlook of Europeans, they aren’t worried about what we’re paying for gas; their attitude is probably “oh, the Europeans paid $4/gallon for gas for decades, and now the Europeans are up to $7/$8 while drivers in the US still pay less than $4” and they think their constituents ought to be happy with their lot while they push more European-style socialism on us. Of course, they don’t mention that most countries in Europe have the retail gasoline price at about 57 to 70 percent of the total pump price.