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CMV: A gas tax holiday would mostly help people and companies who don't need it and people should be embarrassed of the idea

The federal gas tax is 18 cents per gallon.  On average, Americans consume 56 gallons of gas per month meaning on average Americans who drive will save $9.81 a month or $19.62 for a couple.  

I don't want it to seem like this is nothing and it is likely that working class people have to drive more each month but this is an embarassingly ineffective way to give relief to people who need it whole creating a larger budget deficit. 

The US lose out on billions of dollars on revenue. This means the country would go into debt for a bunch of people who don't need relief to get $9 of their gas instead of just giving relief to people who actually need it. 

So why are politicians pushing for it? It's a giant paycheck to the largest corporations. Amazon and Walmart get extra profit from each of their tens of thousands of vehicles they operate.  

You may be thinking but that would reduce the cost of good.  Nope. Not necessarily.  It will reduce the cost for the companies but that has nothing to do with whether they would pay those savings onto the consumer.  Companies almost always just keep benefits from the government.

Other countries are forcing these companies to justify why their profits are all skyrocketing.  This is a sensible thing to do.  A gas tax holiday let's them all of the hook for price gouging and keeps demand high which enables them to keep making their enflated profits. 

TLDR: a gas tax holiday is a regressive tax cut which mostly helps people who don't need the help.
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Sales taxes, which fuel taxes are, are always regressive since the tax hits people in essentially the same amount regardless of their income. Worse, the parts of the country which are indifferent to the effects of fuel prices are those who live in prosperous metropolitan areas in which incomes are high and public transportation plentiful.

If the revenue lost through a fuel tax holiday were recovered by a windfall profits tax on oil producers, it would be a fantastic and effective way to combat inflation.