While the efficiency of a higher gas tax is well-known, one can only imagine the laughter emitting from the oval office after the "transportation group" packed up their proposal and left:
President Trump on Monday said that he is open to raising the gas tax to help pay for infrastructure projects.
In an interview with Bloomberg News, Trump said he would "certainly consider" a gas tax hike “if we earmarked money toward the highways.”
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer later stressed during a briefing that Trump did not endorse a gas tax increase.
Instead, according to Spicer, Trump told Bloomberg that he would consider the request of a transportation group that met with him and expressed support for raising the gas tax.
Trump has made enacting a $1 trillion infrastructure package one of his top priorities.
The federal gas tax hasn't been increased since Bill Clinton was president, and there has been bipartisan opposition to raising it.
via thehill.com
Add the "transportation group" to the list of efficient-environmental-policy-loving suckers.
