 raise the gas tax you decide  we all agree the roads are in bad shape and getting worse a bill has been introduced in the michigan house that seeks to raise the gas tax it rsquo s sad the solution is always to add additional taxes to solve the problem the truth is if we used the monies that were collected the 6 sales tax on fuel that does not go to road funding and the 0875 cent tax to clean up leaking fuel tanks that gets diverted to the general fund budget we could begin to make a dent in fixing the road problems for an in depth article on michigan roads and how the collected funds are used or misused click on the link to the mackinac center on public policy for an article by jack mchugh   