the tax right now is 18.4. since it was last raised in 1993, we had about 67% inflation. about two-thirds. if you raised it by 12 sons, you d be keeping up with inflation. there would be much more reasonable. a lot of the gas taxes wasted pit let s forget about all the deadbeats on welfare. for example, they take some of that money from mass transit in new york. whenever you do that, all they do is increase civil servant salaries. they use it for bike paths, things of that nature. tucker: i m with you on all of that stuff, but for some reason, the chamber of commerce is pushing this gas tax stuff. who uses the roads? one of the biggest users is one of the biggest companies in the world whose owner is the richest man and human history. they pay nothing and gas tax. that s their business is using