Federal Gas Tax Relief: A Misguided Impulse

Washington periodically rediscovers the idea of suspending the federal gasoline tax whenever fuel prices rise and voters grow restless, and the White House and a bipartisan handful of lawmakers are once again contemplating a suspension of the tax. The proposal is politically tempting because it can be marketed as immediate relief for motorists.
But let’s face things head-on: This would represent a change distinctly less than salutary. It would be a small – and largely cosmetic – gesture that obscures a much larger problem the country has spent years loath to confront: the gas tax-funded…
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