Gasoline.

[d-ray657]

OK, let me take a shot at the question. If we take advantage of the lower gas prices to add a fuel tax and create funding for better alternatives, we are helping the people we lefties are supposed to care about - those who are not at the top of the economic food chain A consistent and reliable mass transit system serves those on the lower economic rungs and here's one for the rugged individualists - might create more opportunities for greater earnings by making some folks more mobile. Mass transit is a much more democratic use of resources that building more and more super-highways - and it preserves fuel and lessens emissions. All of that could create more downward pressure on fuel prices and make the effect of the increased fuel taxes less painful.

Regards,

D-Ray