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Up For Debate: Raise The Federal Gas Tax To Fund Infrastructure?
Newsy partners with Intelligence Squared U.S. to restore critical thinking. In this debate: Should the federal gas tax be used to fund infrastructure?
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Posted: 9:53 a.m. EDT Apr 26, 2018
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