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New Jersey gas tax up 23 cents, from US' 49th highest to 6th
Associated Press ^ | Oct 14, 2016 5:39 PM EDT | Michael Catalini

Posted on 10/14/2016 5:29:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai

New Jersey’s low gas prices are about to get more expensive after Republican Gov. Chris Christie on Friday signed legislation raising the gas tax by 23 cents per gallon, from the 49th highest in the nation to the sixth, to pay for an expired transportation trust fund.

The gas tax, though, is still lower than the gas tax in neighboring New York and Pennsylvania. The hike is set to go into effect Nov. 1.

Christie also rescinded an order that shut down transportation projects in the state. He first issued the order when the transportation trust fund expired months ago.

The legislation signed by Christie raises the gas tax from 14.5 cents per gallon to 37.5 cents per gallon while cutting the sales and estate taxes. It also offers tax credits to veterans and for poorer residents. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: christie; gastax; rino; salestax

1 posted on 10/14/2016 5:29:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Christie you big fat liberal.


2 posted on 10/14/2016 5:38:28 PM PDT by petercooper (MiniTrump for President 2060!)
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To: Olog-hai

I lived in NY right near the NJ border. Everybody lived there would fuel up in NJ. There are gas stations on the Palisades Parkway, both directions, right off the George Washington Bridge which are busy 24/365 as NYers heading from or to NY fuel up.


3 posted on 10/14/2016 5:40:56 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: Olog-hai

And I bet you still can’t pump it yourself.


4 posted on 10/14/2016 5:48:48 PM PDT by soycd
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To: soycd

Jersey girls don’t pump gas. I wouldn’t know what to do, I’ve never paid attention.


5 posted on 10/14/2016 5:53:13 PM PDT by siamesecats (God closes one door, and opens another, to protect us.)
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To: C19fan

Many people travel through NJ so they can get cheap gas, including myself. This trade will now dry up and the gas taxes collected will fall short of expectations. Not that it matters to a liberal, as long as taxes go up they are happy, like a pig in sh*t.


6 posted on 10/14/2016 5:59:51 PM PDT by Kenny500c
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To: Olog-hai

Great legacy you got there, Christie. Remind anyone why they should vote republican ever again? The idiot former PA governor did the same thing here. It’s all anyone will remember about him. Stupid stupid stupid!


7 posted on 10/14/2016 5:59:58 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: soycd

Nope. Still mandatory full serve. And the wait at the pump gets longer every year.


8 posted on 10/14/2016 6:01:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: C19fan

This was released to turn jersey voters against Trump.


9 posted on 10/14/2016 6:25:21 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Election 2016 - Freedom or Slavery)
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To: siamesecats

Well, as compensation the taxes in New Jersey are probably so low
that the residents will barely notice this one. :<{

Curious though, that the GOPeunuch Governor signs this in three weeks
prior to election day. Does he think it will hurt Rat state legisliars?


10 posted on 10/14/2016 6:41:52 PM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: Olog-hai

I asked the gas station attendant last time if he knew that the increase was coming. He said he didn’t think it would happen. I said he would lose my business and thousands of people passing through NJ. He didn’t think it would happen. As Trump would ask: how stupid are we?


11 posted on 10/14/2016 7:03:02 PM PDT by palmer (turn into nonpaper w no identifying heading and send nonsecure)
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To: Olog-hai

You folks there elected this boob, twice.


12 posted on 10/15/2016 5:28:07 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (hey Bill, rape anyone, Lately?)
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To: Joe Boucher

Christie is the best we could hope for in a governor here in the northeast; he held out on this until other taxes would be cut (a position he consistently held), but he knows that the roads and bridges are literally falling apart. I’m not happy with the increase, but I’m not happy re-aligning my wheels every few months either. The problem became impossible to ignore as more and more major roadways were seeing traffic issues due to emergency repairs (basically patches). He also had to deal with the flight of wealth from the state that was mirroring the flight of companies and jobs; the state is descending into a morass of Welfarians and imported foreigners filling the void left by people that matter (taxpayers/makers).

In any case, it removed one of the last remaining good things about NJ (our gasoline taxes had been among the lowest in the country) and will just push up the cost of living here even more.


13 posted on 10/15/2016 6:21:51 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: siamesecats

14 posted on 10/15/2016 6:34:38 AM PDT by xp38
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To: kearnyirish2

Wife’s family is from the Teaneck area.
They know high taxes.
I have to believe that a whole passel of folks from New York etc would go over the border to fuel up making loads for N.J., that is going to stop which means lots of convenience stores will not sell so much beer.


15 posted on 10/15/2016 6:55:14 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (hey Bill, rape anyone, Lately?)
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To: Joe Boucher

Oh, this will definitely be felt along the border in terms of NY and PA. On the other hand, Jerseyans may start using those places, which we avoided because they were more expensive than those further in (they competed with NY/PA prices instead of NJ prices).


16 posted on 10/16/2016 4:21:15 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Olog-hai
Gas yesterday in my area was 1.92/gal. Really not going to go over big right before the election and the holidays to have to fork over an extra 4-5 dollars every time I fill up the tank.

Thing is, you watch, those tax breaks that are part of the deal will not be enforced.

17 posted on 10/16/2016 4:31:08 AM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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