As is the case with most, if not all, state spending, current resources should be spent more wisely before looking at raising taxes.
That is especially true of the gas tax, which Senior Legislative Analyst Jack McHugh wrote about in an Op-Ed for the Cadillac News. (Scroll to the bottom.)
McHugh has written previously about this issue here.
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