Voters Hate the Idea of a Gas Tax

Imagine that:

Senators Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman are getting ready to introduce a bill in the U.S. Senate that will impose dramatically higher gas taxes, which 7 in 10 Americans oppose according to a new American Solutions poll.

71% of respondents oppose higher gas taxes (sometimes called “linked carbon fees”) in order to limit greenhouse gases, while 78% believe that higher gas taxes will either kill jobs or have no effect on job growth.

Meanwhile, 84% of all adults and 61% of independent voters have very little or no confidence that a fuel tax will lead to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

The poll also found that 64% of all adults are less likely to support a candidate for Congress who supports a gas tax, and 67% of independent voters are much more likely not to support a gas-tax candidate.

Gas prices are already rising, and now Senators Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman want to increase the price of a gallon of gas with a new tax that Americans overwhelmingly oppose.

Lindsay Graham ought to know better than to hook up with Kerry and Lieberman on anything, let alone a bill that purports to fix a problem that doesn't exist. We'll have to hope there's at least one Democrat who won't vote for this bill so a filibuster can be upheld even with Graham's vote.