Is this 1764, or am I going crazy?

Anyone remember the famous Sugar Act? The act that England imposed on the colonies to collect revenue in order to help pay off its tremendous debts? Remember how it failed a year later? Ah, good times, good times. But back to the point. The memory of gasoline's dumbfounding prices are freshly tattooed in our minds. It did fall, to be fair, but it took the onset of a global recession, and maybe a national depression, to make it occur. So we can be sure that when things are on the upturn, that they will rise again.
The author of an article aptly named, Raising Gasoline Tax Makes Sense, argues just what said title expresses. And the author rather intelligently decides to remain anonymous. It was written Tuesday, the 17th of the current year in response to a Ben Wear column. In the article, this anonymous renegade argues quite diligently, that the gasoline tax makes perfect sense. They argue that the gas tax was last raised in 1991, and that it hasn't kept up with inflation. But they fail to speak up about the fact that wages haven't either. The article goes on to claim that the bill is carried by a member of the homeland security committee. I feel like I'm in crazy town, because whenever something is proposed that seems unpopular and harmful, my first thoughts are occupied but my gut feeling that homeland security must be involved. And they usually are! I must sound like a conspiracy theorist. But anyway, the proposed increase is only 50%, or 10 cents a gallon. And that's just for starters. After that, the bill could be indexed, which means that it will be put in a place where it can be added to when the time is right. So what will happen is the modest increase of 10 cents, and then when times get better, and people have more money, they can pull the bill, and appropriate it for inflation. Gotta get that taxpayer money at all costs! And what a surprise that our 'beloved' Governor, Dick Fairy, does not oppose the tax at all. It seems like ages ago that we had a decent public office figure... oh wait, we do, you just never hear about him because he does his job. Cough Cough.. Ron Paul..Cough. The author concludes the article with a dramatic statement about the elected officials knowing they need the money, but the final statement claims that taxing the people, instead of ending pork or using the tax money efficiently, is the most logical and efficient way to get the money.
I disagree with this article so violently, it makes me physically ill. Pretty mush for the aforementioned reasons, but for some more too. We are in a severe recession, and the topic on the minds of the representatives is how they can squeeze more money out of an anemic public? It doesn't surprise me, its just very disappointing is all. Have these people forgotten where they came from? How does a subject like this even come to light? And what about all the money being wasted in Iraq? I notice that since this economic recession hit, Obama has completely ignored a fat waste of revenue in this pointless war. Change is not coming as I see it. He has not done anything different than the president before him, and I feel like nobody else sees this. It's called multi-tasking Mr. President. How about while your twiddling your thumbs behind your desk, you follow through on some of the promises you made to the people who had to vote for you? I guess being the president is a harder job than I thought...
This tax is a dumb idea, and endorsed by an even dumber congress. The author's opinion makes no sense to me, and the argument is shallow and lacks any thought at all. It seems like they are just trying to play the part of the Go America citizen that will endorse the policies spit out without any thought. I bet that they believe the farce the government shoveled down our throats about 9-11. Are we doomed for another middle age of ignorance? I'm afraid so friends, I'm afraid so. Arm yourself with knowledge.