When Virginia legislators reached a landmark transportation deal last year, they agreed to pay for it in part with revenue from Internet sales taxes — if and when Congress agreed to enforce taxes on online retailers. But they also built in a controversial backup plan: automatically raising the gas tax. Now, with the online sales tax plan bottled up in committee on Capitol Hill, Virginia drivers will likely see a 5 cent increase at the pump next year. On this “CyberMonday,” Kojo examines the strange story of how two controversial taxes became entwined.

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  • Quentin Kidd Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Government, Christopher Newport University
  • Jenna Portnoy Reporter, Washington Post

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