FISKED

Lileks goes after me on the gas tax. I ride a bike; his family owns gas stations. He makes a few good points. I don’t think there’s much point in rehashing all of this. As a general principle, I favor sales taxes over income taxes. And I favor low taxes. But the gas tax is so low, so damaging to our environment, to fuel efficiency and to our foreign policy, I still favor an increase. It won’t happen, of course. But I wonder what James – whose writing on the war and love for the Pet Shop Boys will always earn him a warm place in my heart – thinks we should do to deal with our burgeoning fiscal bankruptcy.