Should we raise pollution tax?

There are many benefits to raising the state and federal taxes on gasoline. Raising taxes on gas would cause fewer people to drive and maybe even carpool. Like the energy institute at Haas said: "when we drive we impose a long list of negative externalities" like the impacts of the fumes and how the environment is affected, how much pollution is created by people driving to and from places. These are two examples of why we need to raise the tax because if we do then people will maybe start carpooling to places and help stop pollution which will help the environment not die and become unstable.


One disadvantage of raising the gas tax is that it will hurt middle-class families. according to Americans for tax reform," middle-income households make up roughly one -third American's" by raising the tax on gas would hurt these families because they are already making very little money this would mean that there would be less money in their pockets. not only are you hurting middle-income families but you are also hurting the economy because if you raise taxes more people won't buy gas which would crush the gas industry and take money out of their pockets.


My opinion is that we should not raise the gas tax because it would not only hurt the middle-income families it would hurt the economy.  a lot of people say that the taxes would help the government improve the roads and highways but how would it help if no ones buying gas because it's too expensive and some people are barely making enough to live.  It hurts the economy too because it takes money out of these huge gas companies pockets because with the tax raise nobody would buy gas so then companies would need to jack up prices to even make a profit which then would make even more people not want to get gas. this is why I do not support the raising of the gas tax.