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Gas tax narrative builds as lobbyists lick their chops
NBC ^ | 1/12/2015 | Javier E. David

Posted on 01/12/2015 4:18:37 PM PST by ash-housewares

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To: denydenydeny

votes for what , what bill? this is propaganda from NBC news . this article is from NBC and you all take it as fact.

All I’ve seen is the new Congress which is more Republican put out bills to defund amnesty, ban abortion and pass the keystone pipeline etc all conservative positions.what liberal bill have the new more Republican Congress passed since they took office this year? . you all forget the previous Congress had a democrat Senate and almost 50% of the House democrats.


21 posted on 01/12/2015 5:00:33 PM PST by Democrat_media (The media is the problem. reporters are just democrat political activists posing as reporters)
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To: TurboZamboni

what bill have they passed? You know Obama wants higher taxes. so why don’t they pass tax increases, amnnesty right now why ?

All I’ve seen is the new Congress which is more Republican put out bills to defund amnesty, ban abortion and pass the keystone pipeline etc all conservative positions.what liberal bill have the new more Republican Congress passed since they took office this year? . you all forget the previous Congress had a democrat Senate and almost 50% of the House democrats.


22 posted on 01/12/2015 5:02:31 PM PST by Democrat_media (The media is the problem. reporters are just democrat political activists posing as reporters)
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To: ash-housewares

Have republicans forgotten what happened to Bush-41?

It sure looks like it.


23 posted on 01/12/2015 5:05:19 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - Open Up!" "Must be another UPS delivery, honey.")
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To: Iron Munro

This article is from NBC news. There’s been no bill proposed. this is just propaganda from NBC news “divide and conquer”


24 posted on 01/12/2015 5:08:12 PM PST by Democrat_media (The media is the problem. reporters are just democrat political activists posing as reporters)
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To: Secret Agent Man
fracking IS shutting down. 90+ wells last year, over 200 expected so far to close this year.

Don't sweat it. The hydrocarbons in the ground will still be there when oil prices again rise. Unlike conventional oil, shutting down a fracking operation does not materially affect the long-term recoverable reserves in the field.

A few producers may go belly-up (but their rigs will be acquired by other, better capitalized producers), while others will be reorganized in bankruptcy court, emerging with a more favorable debt structure when prices rebound - as they will.

25 posted on 01/12/2015 5:13:13 PM PST by Spartan79 (I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man. Jefferson)
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To: ash-housewares

They’d better not, you talk about pissing on those who brought you?


26 posted on 01/12/2015 5:19:49 PM PST by JSDude1 ( .)
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To: Democrat_media
This article is from NBC news. There’s been no bill proposed. this is just propaganda from NBC news “divide and conquer”

Understood.

However there are other sources reporting that republicans do not stand united against the idea of such a tax increase.

It may sound improbable but they have acted stupidly before.

See:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/01/11/gas-tax-infrastructure-funding-puts-some-daylight-between-gop-house-senate/

"But at least four Senate Republicans -- Bob Corker, Tenn.; James Inhofe, Okla.; Orrin Hatch, Utah; and John Thune, S.D. -- appear open to the idea of increasing the tax."


27 posted on 01/12/2015 5:21:21 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - Open Up!" "Must be another UPS delivery, honey.")
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To: Democrat_media

“GOP warms to gas tax hike”

Google that.

Read.

I’ll give you the first one:

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/228986-momentum-seen-in-push-for-gas-tax-hike


28 posted on 01/12/2015 5:28:46 PM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: ash-housewares
"Congressional leadership is hearing from local delegations, governors in particular,"

Our voters won't let us tax them more, so you tax them for us!

29 posted on 01/12/2015 5:29:04 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: ash-housewares

The gas tax remains the same regardless of the price at the pump. As the price to the consumer drops, consumption of gas goes up, tax revenues increase.

I can’t wait for summer to come so we can go out pleasure driving like old times. Whoopie!!


30 posted on 01/12/2015 6:38:32 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: chris37

which bill passed?

none


31 posted on 01/12/2015 6:42:28 PM PST by Democrat_media (The media is the problem. reporters are just democrat political activists posing as reporters)
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To: Iron Munro

The House nor Senate has not passed any tax increase bill nor put any tax increase bill for a vote. so this NBC article and any buzz that the media creates is just propaganda .


32 posted on 01/12/2015 6:45:45 PM PST by Democrat_media (The media is the problem. reporters are just democrat political activists posing as reporters)
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To: chris37

The House nor Senate has not passed any gasoline tax increase bill nor put any tax increase bill for a vote. so this NBC article and any buzz that the media creates is just propaganda .the media creates this buzz to try to get the House to do something it wants and to divide conservatives against Republicans


33 posted on 01/12/2015 6:47:54 PM PST by Democrat_media (The media is the problem. reporters are just democrat political activists posing as reporters)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

The GOPe knows they are spending too much and have to find a way to raise taxes to fund it. Paul Ryan already agreed to new taxes in a budget deal with Dems called “airline fees” in the last session of Congress....


34 posted on 01/12/2015 7:14:54 PM PST by Nextrush (OBAMACARE IS A BAILOUT FOR THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY)
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To: Democrat_media

Yet.

Time to realize that 1/2 of the government is not your friend and is not on your side.


35 posted on 01/12/2015 7:40:54 PM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: Democrat_media

I’m pretty sure that Republicans have already divided themselves from conservatives about as well as could possibly be done.


36 posted on 01/12/2015 7:42:46 PM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: hadaclueonce; All

The technology and equipment will still be around even if the companies aren’t in a couple of years and will bounce back quickly with a price rise. OPEC isn’t going to be able to ride that pony easily anymore.

I’d also bet a few loser dictatorships are going to feel the squeeze when they come up short on the payola to keep their masses complacent...


37 posted on 01/12/2015 7:47:59 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: chris37

You are making liberal media buzz your reality. so they control your mind.there is no tax increase bill no matter how many times you and NBC say there is.

No difference between what you are saying and what NBC is saying . just propaganda. there is no tax increase bill . why is the media making such a bill deal on this if there is no bill. the media are the rulers and the problem.

fact is the Republican congress has not passed any tax increase bill nor any socialist bill since they took office this year. They just passed Keystone pipeline in the House, Tomorow a vote on defunding amnesty etc. no socialist bills as you would have us believe.


38 posted on 01/12/2015 7:53:43 PM PST by Democrat_media (The media is the problem. reporters are just democrat political activists posing as reporters)
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To: Democrat_media

That’s right, they won’t have a gas tax bill— it will be a users fee in the highway bill.


39 posted on 01/12/2015 8:04:02 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: Democrat_media

“no socialist bills as you would have us believe.”

Show me where I said that was, or you are a liar.


40 posted on 01/12/2015 8:12:00 PM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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