Should the Government raise pollution tax on gas?

When it comes to paying a gas pollution tax in the U.S. we have it easy. In other countries it is upwards of three bucks compared to the U.S.'s $.18. One argument to raising the tax is that less people will drive less. The people that do drive will help generate more money for the government to use in funding. According to The U.S. chamber of commerce a .25 cent tax raise would generate "about $840 billion through 2050"(energyinovation.org). $840 billion is a huge chunk of money that the U.S. could defiantly benefit from. Whether that goes to the U.S. debt or improving technology to better the environment. Raising a gas tax would be a good thing not only for the economy but for the people that live under it.

The real expense of a gas tax hike would be the people. With people using less gas jobs would be lost do to the lack of necessity. Or workers wont be paid as much because gas and oil company's wont be making as much. "While raising the gas tax would increase government revenues, it would only do so at the expense of economic growth, jobs, and family income"(Rae Hederman). We have currently been getting better at lowering unemployment rate. This would increase employment rate tremendously. Instead of taking peoples lively hoods away and money from family's we should find another way for the government to make money. 

In my opinion I do not think we should raise the gas pollution tax. We currently don't have the ability to pay for it as a country. We don't have the extra jobs for the people that would be laid off. It might sound like a good idea on the surface, but after looking into it there are many flaws. I would not want to be taking food out of people mouths because companies couldn't afford the workers. Maybe a small tax raise would work. But I feel anything over 10 cents would be a stretch.