> Raising the price of gas negatively affects the working poor more than helps the environment

In the short run. In the long run, the proceeds could be used to encourage the working poor to move to cities where they don't need a car. Given how financially terrible car ownership is for America's poor--between traffic tickets, civil forfeiture, police violence, predatory lending and collection practices, insurance practices, et cetera--I think it would be a net boon.

This is a horribly naive statement which disregards the existence many different jobs other than office and retail.

> disregards the existence many different jobs other than office and retail

Gas taxes can be raised in a way that is neutral to our working poor. It's a minor adjustment to the lowest tax bracket.

So what? Should the environment be subsidizing a benefit to the poor? We have better ways to help the poor than to let them trash our planet.

You can raise the Federal gas tax, and simultaneously lower the bottom tax rate from 10% to 0%.