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    Commentary: Give drivers a gas tax holiday. Tax windfall profits from oil companies instead

    by Adam B. Schiff, Los Angeles Times Jun 08, 2022 3 minutes
    A bicycle rider maneuvers around motorists stuck in traffic on Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, at the intersection of Alameda Street, in downtown Los Angeles, where the price of gasoline approaches close to $8 a gallon at the Chevron gas station, June 1, 2022.

    At the gas station near my home in Burbank, California, gas prices last week were an astronomical $6.50 per gallon, much higher than the nationwide average of $4.67, and just above the statewide average of $6.19 per gallon. Filling up the tank can cost a shocking $100. Working families cannot afford this, and it doesn’t have to be this way.

    The reasons for high gas prices are many and intertwined. Our economy’s rapid recovery from COVID-19 has led to a surge in demand, as people resume

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