Gasoline prices, recently as much as $4.00 gallon or more, have fallen dramatically. Let's add a bipartisan federal gas tax of $0.20 gallon where it can only be used for one-half to repair and upgrade our transportation system and one-half to begin to retire our exorbitant national debt. This tax can be tied to a decreasing sliding scale if gas prices rise significantly again.
Why is this important?
In order to compete on a national and international scale, our transportation system needs rebuilding and improving. For ourselves and our children, we must take responsibility for our national debt and begin to reduce it. With the dramatic drop in gasoline and accompanying savings to the public, we now have the bipartisan opportunity to share this windfall and help our country.
