PA--Pa. commission proposes adding and increasing fees, axing gas tax to fund transportation needs

PG ^ | 7/15/2021 | PG

[mikelets456]

The largest new revenue source and the most dramatic change would be establishing a tax of 8.1 cents a mile for each mile a vehicle is driven. That move — which wouldn’t begin until the third phase and would require legislative approval and a pilot period to test a collection method — is projected to generate $8.9 billion a year.

A fee of $1 for every package delivered by major companies like Amazon, FedEx and UPS, as well as local groceries and restaurants, could generate $785 million in the first phase and grow to $844.2 million by the third phase. No government is charging such a fee at this time, but New York City is considering a $3 per-package fee to fund the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Colorado is considering a 25-cent fee to help fund a $53 billion road program.

Transportation networks such as Uber and Lyft would be charged fees of $1.11 for each trip

[ConservativeInPA]

I'm still waiting for the temporary PA sales tax to end.

These damn RINOs in the PA Legislature do not have their priorities in order. Cut spending. Cut taxes. They need to get some backbone and stand up to Wolf. PA has the highest or second highest (don't recall if someone passed PA) gas tax. It was supposed to be spent on roads. But if you listen to any politician we need a huge infrastructure spending bill - which, like the PA gas tax, gets spent on many things other than roads.

It is time to start getting into their faces and demand change. No more writing nice letters to representatives. bLM and Antifa accomplished tons without writing a damn letter. I am not saying we should burn, loot and murder, but it is time make these RINOs feel very comfortable in the short term and then vote them out of office (like that will happen with all the voter fraud in PA).