Support Our Troops. Raise the Gas Tax.

That’s an idea from Ben Stein. You remember Ben: the boring teacher intoning “Bueller … Bueller … Bueller” in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.


Stein is also a funny, acerbic conservative writer who I enjoy reading and disagreeing with usually.


But he has a good idea:


Yes, raise the gas tax, as some environmentalists say. Maybe we’ll start saving fossil fuels and cooling the globe.


But use the money for an explicit, earmarked purpose: giving American military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan the equipment, armor and support they need.


Good one, Ben.


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Support Our Troops. Raise the Gas Tax.

That’s an idea from Ben Stein. You remember Ben: the boring teacher intoning “Bueller … Bueller … Bueller” in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.


Stein is also a funny, acerbic conservative writer who I enjoy reading and disagreeing with usually.


But he has a good idea:


Yes, raise the gas tax, as some environmentalists say. Maybe we’ll start saving fossil fuels and cooling the globe.


But use the money for an explicit, earmarked purpose: giving American military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan the equipment, armor and support they need.


Good one, Ben.


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