Fight inflation: suspend the gas tax?

Inflation is up. Gas prices are high. And there is some talk in Congress about tackling both by suspending the federal gas tax. So would it work? What kind of impact could putting a pause on the gas tax actually have? And what does the gas tax do anyway? Dr. Steven Balsam, Professor of Accounting at Temple University's Fox School of Business joins the podcast to weigh in on the great gas tax debate of 2021.