Editorial: Democrats’ gas tax holiday is a bad idea
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Feb 21, 2022
2 minutes
With inflation and price hikes pinching household budgets, Democrats are desperately looking for ways to show voters they’re doing something to ease the pain ahead of midterm elections — and the latest proposal is a gas tax holiday.
The White House and top Democrats are considering a proposal to suspend the roughly 18.3-cents-per-gallon federal gas tax for the rest of the year, which could cut transportation
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