Indexing the Gas Tax to Inflation

May 20, 2009

James Quintero

James Quintero is the policy director for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Government for the People campaign. Since joining the Foundation in 2008, Quintero has focused extensively on: state & local government spending, taxes, debt, public pension reform, annexation, and local regulations.

To raise more money for transportation, legislators are considering indexing the gas tax to inflation. But this approach may very well put tax increases on autopilot for years to come.

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