Charles Krauthammer thinks he has the solution to high gas prices: increase gas taxes. If $4 a gallon gasoline gets a few more people to ride transit and buy more fuel-efficient cars, just think what $8 a gallon gasoline would do!
That’s a little bit like saying, “Oh, you got shot in the gut? Well, here is the solution for you: just shoot yourself in the head.”
Or think of it this way: suppose food prices were so high that some people were starving. I know! Let’s increase taxes to double the cost of food. That’ll teach ’em.
