PING!
The slow, public suicide of the Republican Party continues.
Somebody remind me again why it was so imperative to vote for these jokers last NOV.
We do not need higher taxes of any kind - we need FAR less government.
Personally, I prefer to pay 20 to 50 cents per mile in tolls, rather than an extra penny or so per mile in gas taxes, since tolls aren’t taxes. So I’m probably with everyone else here...
How about cutting some of the ridiculous social welfare spending.
People can work.
These clowns are all about the rhetoric, charlatans, every one.
Using his logic I would call Corker not exactly a Liberal Republican Liar.
Don't you just love how career elected politicians who have likely not bought even as much as a gallon of gas from their own pockets in a few decades are real quick to tax others who are barely getting by? I wish I had a government expense account and fuel card too /sarcasm
Hey Porker how about stop using the current fuel taxes for non transportation uses. Next how about defunding the long time out of control feral federal agencies which made fuel prices soar like the EPA. DEFUND ETHANOL as well and rescind the program entirely. I'm certain many non essential agencies can be cut if not eliminated and hundreds of billions saved with a portion of those savings used to actually fix our roads. Gas will be going back up senator and when it hit's above $3 a gallon again YOUR tax will be part of the cause. The senators and Reps need to force government to live within our means.
These bastards spend four freaking TRILLION DOLLARS A YEAR,it’s never freaking enough!MORE MORE MORE,we need more money to fix the freaking roads?go f... yourself,
Any Republican who votes for more Middle Class taxes will be primaried in 2016. The gas tax is used for the Leftist dream of urban rail, not for fixing our roads. The states should keep more of their gas taxes to take care of their own roads. Send less to D.C. for vote buying.
There was a time when the highway trust fund was more of a slush fund for the politicians to play with. An honest history of Trust Fund use, and needs is missing. It looks like the low gas prices at the pump presents an opportunity to raise taxes to continue an inefficient and ineffective "management" of a lot of money by politicians.
If both Democrats and Republicans raise taxes, who can we rely on for fiscal responsibility and integrity?
We seriously doubt whether the highway trust fund has been managed other than by greedy politicians looking out for their own interests. The road infrastructure was crumbling in the 1970s. Where did the money go? No one knows.
I want an accounting of how every dollar of that "Trust Fund" was spent. If the revenue has been collected, but has been used on non-transportation spending, then the problem isn't with the collection of enough revenue.
I’ve always thought a national sales tax was at the top of the GOPe agenda but the Saudis may be helping create a rationale for a gas tax hike.
When our Republican controlled legislature and outgoing Republican Governor Tom Corbett signed off on a 28 cent a gallon gas tax hike late in 2013 it was backed by the Chamber of Commerce and the American Automobile Association.
Oh, watch out for a poster who’s going to try to take the heat off the Republicans by blaming the messenger, a liberal media organization.
“We need reform, LET’S RAISE TAXES!”
Someone should remind them that raising taxes =/= reform.
Joni Erst, we have a hog for you, take care of business.
The Government DOESN”T NEED MORE OF OUR MONEY!!!!!
We need to SHRINK GOVERNMENT!!!
Hmmm. Great idea, Orrin. Let's look at some other things this could be applied to....
Air Recycling Fee People who breathe the air ought to pay for it — that’s a small price to pay to enjoy the finest air supply in the world. That may be where we’ll have to go.
Pedestrian Fee People who are ambulatory ought to pay for it — that’s a small price to pay to enjoy the privilege of moving around the best country in the world. That may be where we’ll have to go.
Non-Ambulatory Person Fee People who choose to not move around ought to pay for it— that’s a small price to pay to enjoy moments of rest or simply not moving around the best country in the world. That may be where we’ll have to go.
Personal Existence Fee People who exist ought to pay for it — that’s a small price to pay to enjoy the priviledge of being alive. That may be where we’ll have to go.
Where you will have to go, Orrin, along with your similarly minded compatriots and lobbyists, is AWAY. You people were put into office to halt and roll back the insanity of the past 6 years, and the first thing you people do is look for ways to perpetuate it.
These are probably the same people who say "I'm personally against abortion, but ..."
There are far too many "Republicans" who never met a tax they didn't like.
Punish the innocent. Morons. First, look at every penny you spend out of the Highway Trust Fund. Look for all the waste, fraud and abuse. Do your d*mn jobs first, before asking us to pay more.
Republicans, no wonder your brand sucks. You've earned it.