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BALTIMORE (WJZ)—The national average for a gallon of gas continues to climb to the $4 mark. This comes as state lawmakers are considering a boost to Maryland’s gas tax, and the combination has some drivers seeing red.

Gigi Barnett has more.

College student Chris Rowe has a car and a scooter. He’s switched to using the scooter most of the time. That’s slashed his gas bill down to a few dollars.

“If it weren’t for the scooter, every other day I’d have to go get gas, spend a lot,” Rowe said.

This week, the national average for a gallon of regular gas is $3.77.

Add in the state’s proposed gas tax hike, and some drivers are fuming.

“I’m just trying to deal with it the best I can,” said Tommy Joe, driver.

“Find another place where we can raise taxes somewhere else on something else,” said Jenni Kohan-Gaffar, driver.

AAA spokeswoman Ragina Averella says several factors are to blame, and prices are only going to increase at a steady pace.

Drivers could see $4 or more at the pump by the spring and summer months.

“That is really when we see motorists cut back, combine their errands and it may even play a part in what they decide will be their summer travel plans,” Averella said.

Last month the national average for a gallon of regular gas was $3.48. Last week, it was $3.70. And this same time last year, the average was $3.50.

States with the highest gas prices include California, Alaska and Hawaii. Wyoming has the lowest.

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  • 1-0-3-0 WITHERSPOON

    WE ARE TAXED MAXED OUT. WAKE UP MARYLAND FOR SUCH A SMALL STATE MARYLAND HAS 352 TAXES. WHAT IS LEFT TO TAX? CAN ANY ONE HELP ME OUT. WHAT IS LEFT TO TAX/ I’AM BEGGING FOR INFO.

    • TJ

      WE BEEN DOUBLE TAXED PIGGY BACK TAXED A PERSON ON MY BACK TAXED, THIS STATE IS SO CRAZY I’AM EMBARRSED TO SAY I LIVE IN,OR FROM MARYLAND

    • fed up

      air

  • RAUCHEL

    AFTER ALL THESE TAXES IN A SUCH A SMALL STATE . EVERTHING HAS BEEN TAXED. WHAT IS LEFT? EVERTIME YOU OPEN THE MAIL ON THE BILLS IT’S A NEW FEE.

  • DAVE

    START CHARGING FOR THE AIR WE BREATH

  • Stupidity Rules

    Look you all are misinformed. O”Malley does not want to raise the tax on gasoline. The gas tax is actually a methane gas tax for everytime you break wind. It is a tax to clean up the air that O’Malley is sponsoring to save the ozone layer.

    • BARB

      WHO ARE YOU HIS WIFE?

    • 1-0-3-0 WITHERSPOON

      STUPIDITY RULES./////////// ARE YOU TRYING TO BUMP AL GORE

    • MISINFORMED PEOPLE

      STUPIDTY RULES YOU SOUND LIKE NANCY PELOSI. WE ARE JUST IMAGINING FORCLOURSES,. AND A LOAF OF BREAD $4.00

    • rob

      I dont care whats it is for. I dont want to pay an additional 18 cents per gallon. The Stupid DEMS of MD should find a way to cut this money from their spending.

    • Stupidity Rules

      It was a joke people. But I am sure if it was possible our tax and spend governor would sponsor a bill to implement a tax on it. Welcome to Maryland…What’s in your wallet?

      • bdeish

        ha, nothing…

  • STACY

    A TAX RAISE IS RAISE IS A RAISE. FOR THIS CITY AND STATE.DON’T THINK SO. WHEN YOU CAN’T TO YOUR JOB.

  • Mike Harrington

    He wants more money so he can build more toll roads to take more of our money. Tar and feather him and run him out of the state.

    • AMY

      HERE! HERE,TIME AND PLACE MIKE WOULD LIKE TO BE THERE

    • meeeeee

      Can we revive the Salem method of purification on OSalley?

  • Card

    Will the SAME person using different names please!!!!
    PLEASE Take off your Caps lock…LOL

    • TJ

      YOU HALF TO RAISE YOUR VOICE TO GET MARYLANDS ATTENTION TO STOP THIS RUN AWAY TRAIN . THEN SO BE IT .IT IS WHAT IT IS. GET A GRIP HON. DON’T BE SO SENSTIVE ABOUT A LOUD VOICE BUT ABOUT PEOPLE NOT ABLE TO FUEL UP THERE TANKS,AND PUT BREAD ON THE TABLE.GET SENSTIVE ABOUT THAT. DON’T COMPLICATE THE ISSUES. DON’T LOCK ON TO SOMTHING SO INSIGNIFICANT AS CAPS ON A COMPUTER.THIS STATE IS IN TROUBLE, DIRE STRIATS

      • Card

        Like Tax Malley will listen…
        I AGREE Though.. :)

  • THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL

    ALL MARYLANDERS COMPLAIN ,BUT NEVER STEP UP TO THE PLATE.IT ENDS THERE. WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE AFAIRD OF?

  • MONKEY SEE MONKEY DO

    THIS IS WHY YOU MENTION YOU ARE FROM MARYLAND IN NEW YORK YOU LABLED A IDIOT. YOU ALL RUN AROUND IN PURPLE. DEADBEATS THAT COMPLAIN, NON VOTING, LOSERS

    • MONKEY SEE MONKEY DON’T

      THAT’S BECAUSE NEW YORKERS ARE THE DUMBEST PEOPLE ON THE PLANET.

  • Voice

    Vote republican get rid of the freebies for the porch monkeys.

  • M.A.R

    IMPEACH THE GOVERNOR! HE IS A ENEMY OF FREEDOM!!!

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  • biteme43

    Here they tell you and I to reduce compunction of electric gas and gasoline and they keep raising prices because we are not using enough electric etc. they need to keep digging in our pockets to make more each quarter to make HUGE PROFITS what a bunch O B $thi

  • biteme43

    is there a tax yet for my nuts swinging lol my 2 x wives

  • ed

    bite me don’t give omally any ideals

  • charles

    has any one ever seen, omallly, mikulski, cardin, sarbanes, ruppersberger drive and fill up there own vechicle. exactly they are out of touch. our problem is you keep voting them in. i don’t want political correct, i just want a job a fair wage, the american dream

    • ulysses

      I’ve seem Mikluski fill up @ the buffet.

  • KottaMan

    Owe TaxMe s a socialist. He is also a spend-a-holic. This lunacy MUST stop.

  • tylerjake

    Yet I bet there’s more than person here complaining, that probably voted for O’Malley! LOL, reap what you sew!

  • TOO MANY FEES AND TAXES

    This State can get away with anything. Bottle Taxes in the City, Entertainment Tax at shooting ranges, gas and sales tax on fuel, Bag Tax in Montgomery County. We should only pay property and sales tax. Oh, and there is the flush tax, how about just rase the sewage fee. Businesses will and are being driven out of this State due to all the taxes and fees (same thing different name). The only people who can afford to live here are the wealthy and those on welfare, which the rest of us pay for. Lets reduce the number of citizens elegable for government assistance by drug testing, if you can afford the drugs (including cigarettes at $7/pk) then you don’t need assistance. Also, lets hold government responsible by requiring that all financial transactions be made public, its our money, we should know how it is spent. Lets create a fair tax system based on income and property value. If it weren’t for my love of the volunteer fire service in Baltimore County I would move to another state, with less taxes and fees (the same thing).

    • Bill

      I’m so glad that the National Dialogue is changing and that people are waking up to the BS.

  • meeeeee

    We must sacrifice Omalley to the oil gods as they are displeased. We must take Omalley to an oil rig and sacrifice his worldly body or prices will continue to climb

  • Bill

    Well at least PEGGY JOSEPH doesn’t have to worry about rising gas prices.

    Remember, she was the chick who said that if she helped Obama out he’d help her out in return. To Paraphrase: OBAMA GON PAY MA GAS AN MA MO’GAGE!

    But hey everyone, with all this talk of war against Iran I hope you’re ready to lose a few dozen (mostly) 18-25 year olds from your hometown. We all know Israel will be sending us there and it doesn’t matter if it’s Obama, Santorum or Romney sitting in as Stooge-in-Chief. I got out a year ago, but I learned the game. I just don’t want to die in the Zagros for the Zionists.

  • bdeish

    what would be really scary is if our esteemed governor starts getting serious about a possible presidential run in the future…the irish obama!

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