Mayor Rahm Emanuel said that the federal gas tax should be raised by up to 10 cents per gallon during a discussion of the $1 trillion infrastructure plan being touted by President Donald Trump.
The mayor was speaking at a Wall Street Journal-sponsored breakfast in Washington when an audience questioner proposed a 5-cent gasoline tax hike.
"I'm for your nickel and I'll up you a nickel," Emanuel responded. "I'm for a dime, you want to do a nickel, whatever."
The mayor said bolstering infrastructure was about job creation, triggering additional economic development and improving people's quality of life, saying parents would pay an extra nickel if it meant another half-hour with their child rather than being on a highway in a traffic jam.
