(Photo via CBSnews.com)WASHINGTON - The Republican president of the United States said he'd be "honoured" to meet with North Korea's leader under the right conditions. Not surprisingly, long-time anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist hated the gas tax idea. A trucker friend told Trump the roads are chewing up his trucks, so why not consider an increased gas tax to fix them? Gas TaxRaising the gas tax has been an idea floated for decades as a way to pay for infrastructure improvements. Speaker Paul Ryan in 2015, then the chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, said plainly that "we won't pass a gas tax increase."

Source: Bangkok Post May 02, 2017 23:48 UTC