The difference in spending on gasoline from 2004 to 2006, then, is an extra $10.62 a week, about the cost of going to a movie.

In addition, you'll save money that would otherwise have been spent on gasoline.

The Senate measure included only a 4.3-cents-a-gallon tax on gasoline, which would raise $22 billion over the five years.

I normally spend $10 to $15 a week on gasoline.

Why is it so hard to cut dependence on gasoline?

But the new taxes - including a 5-cent increase on gasoline - did not take effect until the end of the year.

We have to put a big new tax on gasoline.

A better way would be to increase the tax on gasoline.

And a good thing - I was running low on gasoline.

The most effective would be a tax on gasoline at the pump.