Oh and BTW that son-of-a-bitch Deal will sign it. Deal along Ralston and Jay Roberts have long since been bought and paid for by the Chamber of Commerce
Mike Crane got it right when he said "this is a unqualified midnight run on Georgia taxpayers." Remember how your reps voted at primary election time.
And the money will get siphoned off and the roads will be just as bad as ever...
With this kind of tax on fuel, hotels and trucking, on my next journey East, I will drive several hundred miles out of my way to avoid putting my tires on Georgia dirt.
With Republicans like Deal, who needs Democrats?
“I think that is extremely offensive to every member of your colleagues,” Cagle shot back.
Typical, avoid answering the question and take "offense"...
So they wants us to use less gasoline but they need to tax it higher to get more money.
These ideas are opposed to one another.
I get a bit nervous when a special tax is levied on one sector, in this case trucking; I understand the rationale that heavy trucks do more damage, but there is always the risk of predatory taxation levied against a politically vulnerable minority. Maybe we should tax all vehicles based on weight, and let the soccer moms in their SUV's pay their share.
Whether Georgia spends its highway dollars wisely or poorly is a separate question. Nationally there is clearly an infrastructure backlog. People bicker on how to pay for improved infrastructure, but the need is there.
Nathan Deal besides being the biggest Federal dollar hoe in the GOP realm is Mr. if it moves tax it.
My understanding and correct me if I’m wrong is that the state is now going to take the taxes from the local municipalities and put it in their coffers. So now the locals are just screwed.