Gas Tax Makes Lebanese ‘Slaves’ – What does that make us?

Get this – in Lebanon, the Labor Union has made a statement saying that a tax on gasoline makes the people slaves to the government!

“Indirectly, imposing this tax makes all [Lebanese] citizens slaves of the Prime Minister,” the statement read. “The government is exerting a tax on a commodity that affects all classes, and at the least we consider this theft by the government.”

The Lebanese have this figured out, but what are we saying here in America?

“Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.”

– Steven Chu, the Secretary for Energy

I’m thinking the “somehow” Chu refers to means fuel taxes.