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The Gas-Tax Reckoning

  • Henry Grabar--The Atlantic
  • published date: 2026-05-27 11:00:00 UTC

Pausing it would be a lose-lose proposition.

In February, the average price of gas was less than $3 a gallon. Today it’s nearly $4.50. Since the start of the Iran war, Americans have spent an extra $39 billion filling the tank.As summer travel … [+6869 chars]