The professor firmly disagrees with the reading passage, which declares that introducing gasoline tax would harm the overall U.S economy. Instead, the professor says that gasoline tax would not give huge impact on the economy.
To begin with, the author of the reading contends that raising the gas tax would obstruct the economy. He mentions that it would make people spend more on purchasing gasoline, which make people hard to afford it. Also, he says that they would spend less on buying other products, which can dramatically harm the economy, which depends on the purchase of customers. On the contrary, the lecturer affirms that it would not affect the economy greatly. He claims that the economy it too complicated to be aggravated from only small percents increase in gasoline. In addition, he contends that there are many factors damaging the economy enormously such as public healthcare services and repairing basic facilities in the country.
The passage also says that an increase in the gas tax would make people who make little money harder. He says they do not have enough money to pay for increased gasoline tax. He also claims that they could even have difficulty of going out to work or for other purposes if the tax is added on gasoline. However, the listening says there are many alternatives for the problems. He refers to the tax breaks for the poor as an example. Also, he mentions that the government could let them get discount for the gasoline.