[orbifold]

Gasoline prices in the US are very low compared to what you pay in Europe, maybe if the government increased the taxation of gasoline they could make up for that shortfall. In Germany they added ~17 billion to the budget that way per year since 1999. With the usage pattern in the US you could probably make significantly more.

[toomuchtodo]

I don't disagree. We should be raising taxes on fuel to pay for infrastructure, but people are stupid and politicians prefer to stay in office, so raising taxes is verboten.