Show Congress asked To keep Gas tax pledge should live up to its pledge of allowing the recent 1 cent federal gas tax increase to expire in instead of thinking about further increases in T Golden local Roosevelt Committee of the Utah Petroleum Council stated today In commenting on Uie Administration's request for a increase in the federal gasoline tax from to the petroleum industry chairman pointed out that gasoline is taxed more heavily than many luxury items in Utah is now bearing the equivalent of over a 45 percent sales he said in n many luxury items are taxed at a rate of only 10 it is unfair to low and moderate income families who depend upon automobiles for to work to tax gasoline at a still higher Collins Uie billion in highway uses taxes which are presently being diverted into Uie general fund were placed in Uie highway trust there would be no problem at Uie local chairman declared |