Raise The Gas Tax!!!!!!

I have been silent long enough! This is the most stupid action out of DC yet. The transportation fund will run out of money by September, 2009. Oh really, learn your history people! The same crooks that took the transportation funds out for other purposes now want more tax money to replenish the fund. The answer is NO! So how did this happen? First was the Johnson administration that changed the fund so that surplus moneys could be removed and used for other purposes, then because there were still surpluses, the fund was expanded to include other modes of transportation such as Light Rail. And finally because surpluses still persisted, some of the tax paid at the pump was diverted to fund other than roads. Before the American public has to pay higher taxes put all of the tax paid at the pump all back to roads. The gas tax should only be for road projects period. Then make the program funded again so the funds have to stay for transportation not to leave when there is a surplus. Only after these changes should the tax payer be looked at for more revenue.
Originally there were two funded programs in the Federal system, Social Security and the Transportation Fund. Both had surpluses for decades and are grossly underfunded today. Yes it is 2009 and we are idiots if we accept that our taxes have to go up to pay for roads. What has happened is there was a large surplus that Congress could not let go untapped. Now it is time to replace the money that has been taken out of the fund. Yes other projects will suffer. So what! They were funded improperly in the first place. It is time for the politicians to be called to account for the mess they have created.