Tariffs bad, gas tax good, orange man bad.
Boosting the gas tax is the main reason Tom Corbett was a one term governor in Pennsylvania and is out of politics forever.
Sheeeeyit. We raise taxes every year here in California to fix our roads and bridges but our roads and bridges continue to suck. The only thing that happens with the revenue is that government employees’ paychecks and pensions get fatter.
We don’t need higher taxes on a commodity that will NEVER go down.
Looking at France. Just say no! Im personally car free so new gas taxes wouldn’t affect me but they would affect everyone who drives for a living.
And a gas tax is the most regressive form of taxation:
Cheap energy is the life blood of the economy. It is central to a prosperous nation. No one that wants a strong a prosperous country want to harm the supply of cheap energy. Enter the democrats. They don’t want cheap energy. They don’t want a prosperous nation. For years I have listened to democrats tell me that gas should be +$10 or outright band. They are like little children throwing a temper tantrum every time the country gets on the right track.
Trump needs to be very watchful because the dems are very good at slipping taxes buried deep in needed legislation.
There is no way Trump would put a 30 cent gas tax
“Uh...wow, Paris is BURNING DOWN over a gas tax...”
“HEY, LET’S HAVE A *GAS TAX*...!”
Wrong. If roads and bridges truly need to be built and repaired, the money has to come from somewhere. Its best to raise the money from the users of these facilities, rather than from those who walk to work, little old ladies without cars, families with one car rather than three, etc. Raising the funds from users also discourages the overuse of these facilities that would occur if users think that that their use bears no costs. The fact that revenue from gas taxes is sometimes wasted or spent for non-transportation purposes has no bearing on the tax per se.
The guy sounds like another concern troll - he might be on FR.....
The ploy worked for them with daddy "Read my lips: no new taxes" Bush back in 1990.
Bush made the campaign promise "No New Taxes" then broke it when he agreed to a compromise budget with the democrat senate that included tax increases.
That turned him into a one term president.
Is the proposed tax 30 cents per gallon or 0.3 cents (1 penny per 3 gallons)?
” And no matter how much their living standard may have improved .30 cents per gallon at the pump is a significant chunk of their hard earned raises, savings, and work. One estimate puts it at $405 per month per driver.”
I am dead set against any additional federal tax on anything, especially gasoline but, having said that, the person who came up with that $405. a month for a thirty cents per gallon tax needs to sober up and take some math lessons. That would be 1500 gallons of gasoline per month. My wife and I don’t use anywhere near that for an F-150, a Mercury Marquis, a lawn mower, a Terramite, chain saw, leaf blower, string trimmer and a tractor. You would have to drive all day, every day, all week, every week in a vehicle with very poor gas miieage.
If the President approves this, he cannot rightly complain about interest rates inching up.
Thirty cents/gallon plus what the states tack on (you know they will not let the opportunity get by), will slow the economy down just as much as higher rates.
The heads of Global Warming nuts must be exploding every time they fill up their Hummers with all this cheap gas ,LOL
The article uses “.30 cents per gallon” repeatedly, which is confusing. The zero makes it seem like 30 cents, but the decimal should mean 3/10 of a cent.
Really? Another devious Democrat plot......Yawn.
Democrats have blithely abandoned their role in the two-party system of checks and balances.
They have morphed into an invading army......trailed by a bunch of camp followers.
Are they that stupid? Didnt learn from Hillary's defeat?
Let's hope they continue on their vengeful course ....b/c we, the deplorables, are taking note.
All of their machinations against Trump are a slap in the face to voters.
======================================
As FReeper KNARF insightfully posted:
Democrats have not acted as a political arm in a long time.
All we, the people, get subjected to is gauntlet after gauntlet thrown down.
Dems have morphed into an aggressive army challenging a peaceful nation....a nation they despise.
Forget about Democrats and forget about Trump. What incentive does the GOP-controlled Senate have to support such a tax hike?
I’m all in for a gas tax, as long as it’s voluntary.
Look at Paris. Even the French don’t like the gas tax.
