re. Corker
Former ‘Car Czar’ Rattner agrees: Now is the perfect time to raise gas tax
Steven Rattner @SteveRattner · Jan 2
Now is exactly the time to raise the gasoline tax. @SenBobCorker should be commended for his
stance http://nyti.ms/1xnVqxa
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“If something like this is going to be done, now is the time to do it,” said Bob Corker, a Republican senator, who noted that gas prices in his home state of Tennessee fell below $2 a gallon this month. Senator Corker and Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, unveiled a proposal in June to raise the gas tax by 12 cents a gallon over the next two years and then index further increases to inflation.
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Senator Corker, who has tried to appease deficit hawks by proposing to reduce other taxes in exchange for a rise in the gas tax, said his plan would probably get caught up in negotiations about broader tax reform when the Republicans take control of both houses.
“The leadership is going to want the finance committee to come up with a larger package,” he said, adding that he was open to all sorts of options except a short-term fix. “The one thing I’m going to rail against is to kick the can down the road.”
Geesh! Corker needs HIS can kicked down the road!
Can’t you let the little people enjoy some economic relief, Bob?
Taxed Enough Already spells the acronym TEA as in TEA Party.
Corker=desperate need for term limits!!
Hey Corker!
Kill the gas tax!
You thieves make more money on a gallon of gas than anyone in the production/marketing chain.
Kill and Replace....all federal taxes with the Fair Tax.
Senators Corker, Thune were both for increasing the Gas Tax
All of you “conservatives” what are you conserving?
Anybody out here for Limited G’ment - Eliminating all (even some?) of this lovely dictatorial bureaucracy that virtually all of our elected representatives on these shows love so much?