How is a gas tax different from all other taxes?

The business community supports it.

That’s not my great insight. The witness from the Washington Board of Trade said so when testifying before our committee.

“That’s well and good,” one of my colleagues stated, “but how do we persuade the people we represent that they should pay this tax?”

“It’s an investment in our economy,” one of the business reps responded. “Goods will be delivered sooner, and your constituents won’t waste their time and money in traffic.”

It’s the same argument President Obama is making.