21.   Funds collected through fuel taxes and airline ticket fees go into trust funds earmarked to be spent on those areas.

22.   He also argued that while Britain had higher fuel taxes than its European neighbors, it enjoyed lower rates of income tax and business taxes.

23.   He attributed that to increased motor fuel taxes, high production rates and pressure from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to boost investments that lead to cleaner fuel.

24.   He also reiterated his determination to resist pleas for a sudden cut in fuel taxes, which are the highest in Europe.

25.   Higher fuel taxes were considered, but Congress rejected any increases.

26.   Higher fuel taxes, increasing road congestion and lingering uncertainty after the last recession compounded by concern about a common European currency could all discourage car buyers.

27.   However, the Air Transport Association, which represents U.S.-based airlines, attacked the Clinton administration today for aiding Aeroflot while backing an aviation fuel tax.

28.   Ian Stewart, a truck driver from London, said the fuel tax was already inflicting serious hardship on his wife and three children.

29.   In Europe, although high fuel taxes are more widely accepted, experiments to reduce congestion by charging car commuters have repeatedly been postponed.

30.   It should come as no surprise that governments under pressure tend to choose the easy way, as France did to buy off protesters who wanted lower fuel taxes.