Late last month the Americans for Prosperity Foundation - Maryland, along with the Sage Policy Group, released a study claiming that possibly over 1,000 jobs could be lost in Maryland if the gasoline tax is increased via either the adoption of a 3% or 6% sales tax on the product - in other words, expanding an already-existing tax to cover a product previously exempt from that avenue of taxation - or simply adding a dime per gallon to the current state tax burden of 23.5 cents per gallon.