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To pay for highways, expanded tolls are better than higher gas tax

By Washington Examiner
Published February 14, 2018 5:01am ET
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To pay for highways, expanded tolls are better than higher gas tax
On Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao expressed skepticism about increasing the federal gas tax, stating that the tax has a "very regressive impact" on low-income citizens and that a gas tax hike "is not ideal." (iStock) | vitpho

Facing large debts that will be partly of his own making, thanks to last week’s spending bill, President Trump must now find sources of funding for his next big priority: the infrastructure bill he has promised.

[Republicans consider the unthinkable: A gas tax increase to pay for infrastructure]

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