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Originally Posted by alias The government itself is the biggest recipient of money from the gas taxes. You can mostly thank your wonderful democrat friends for raising those taxes. Of course, it's just much easier to blame everyone in government rather than those who are really responsible. | Actually, I don't think they've raised the taxes enough. Americans think with their pockets. If gas is too expensive, they'll stop buying it. The government didn't go far enough. It's the same idea as the high tax on cigarettes. The idea is to get people to stop smoking, not to increase government revenue. |