Congressman Adam Smith

This was 30 years ago, 40 years ago, maybe.

And we have stubbornly insisted on not doing that.

So you're absolutely right about that.

As far as the gas tax is concerned,

Look, our debt has just reached over 100% of GDP.

And we are living in something for nothing, all rights, no responsibilities politics.

And it's one of the things that I've been doing this for a long time.

I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to be able to do it.

Because if my job is simply to give people something for nothing, promise them whatever they want to hear,

You know, you can't run a country that way.

You know, I mean, he was Trump.

Not only is he trying to increase the defense budget by 50%, he did $4 trillion worth of tax cuts.

And then no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on anything.

No revenue.

Okay.

Taxes are the price you pay for civilization, as the cliche goes.

And now we want to get rid of the gas tax?

So what?

So we can just officially bankrupt the country once and for all?

And here's the other thing about the gas tax.