You do realize that if you raise gas prices it will also hurt those who don't even buy gas. The cost for using public transportation would go up affecting not only people who choose not to drive and use up gas but also inner city people who make minimum wage, are at or below poverty levels and can barely afford to pay to get to work. If the cost would go up then they probably would be out of a job, thus go on unemployment. From there taxes would be shifted to cover more people on unemployment, crime would go up because people don't have enough to survive on.......the effects of raising gas prises can go on and on and may or may not include what I have suggested. Many people suggest things but they don't truly look at the overall effect.