Letters to the Editor
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@Milt
I have to disagree with one point you make. $30 savings is not significant to any family over 90 days. If you need an extra 30 cents a day to drive, you essentially can't afford your car. When you compare the cost of a car payment, with insurance and routine maintenance, it's impossible that this sum could stand in the way of you driving or not driving. It's financially impossible. One bad traffice jam could then wipe out all of your savings for several days, if prices did by some mechanism actually drop.
The fact is that many people have cars that have such low gas mileage that routine gas fill-ups are getting so expensive that they are changing their lifestyles. This will remain so regardless of any type of tax holiday, federal or state. The bottom line is that these people want an excuse to continue their habits.