Gas is For the Rich

 In the article from the New York Times, it talks about ideas about raising taxes on gas to help pay for road repairs and make people get fuel efficient cars. The author is Valerie J. Karplus is a research scientist in the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change at M.I.T. Her credibility has it all in her name. She compares a way that Germany raises taxes on gas nearly 18 more times than the United States. All that extra money goes to fixing bad roads and making new ones. The authors’ idea is that, if we raise the United States taxes, we could potentially be doing the same thing. Another argument about raising taxes is that; the higher the gas price, they fewer people will buy it. The United States is trying to push its people to use energy and fuel efficient cars. Ones that are battery powered and use very little gas. Another reason, the government wants people to get fuel energy efficient cars is for the air, and the pollution that normal cars produce on a regular basis. We are trying to minimize this, though that is going to take a while for people to actually do it. They think that if they raise the taxes on gas, more people will start using these other modes of transportation. In my opinion, both of these ideas are great. The higher the tax the more money going to our roads, but also eventually more people will buy more efficient cars and will pay less on gas. I think that could be considered a win-win situation, am I right?