Should Pennsylvania drivers be given a holiday from the state's gasoline tax?
Let's consider the facts.
We are paying the nation's highest gas tax. Almost 58 cents a gallon, amounting to billions of dollars for maintaining and improving state and local highways and bridges.
But it's not enough for PennDOT, which says it has a revenue shortfall in the billions.
This same agency is plowing ahead with plans to impose tolls on nine bridges around the state, despite strong opposition from lawmakers and their constituents.
The Commonwealth's infrastructure is crumbling.
Every dollar collected from the gas tax is needed badly, yet politicians running for re-election want to temporarily cut off this revenue.
A tax holiday would save drivers a few bucks for a short time, but the lost revenue only delays overdue infrastructure projects.
We say no to a gasoline tax holiday.
