Posted on 05/09/2006 2:14:53 PM PDT by Rakkasan1
Four Republican legislators called today for a gas tax "holiday" that would cut gasoline prices in Minnesota by 20 cents a gallon from July through December.
But the proposal is loaded down with conditions that might mean it never will become law.
The plan is conditioned on House members, who already voted to provide about $317 million in property tax rebates and income tax relief for married couples, changing their minds and voting to provide the gas tax relief, instead.
And, like the property tax rebates and income tax cuts for married people, the gas tax relief would also be contingent on the state Supreme Court upholding a 75-cents-a-pack cigarette fee that lawmakers and Gov. Tim Pawlenty enacted last summer.
(Excerpt) Read more at twincities.com ...
Throw in a free tote bag and we just might have something...
What do the state taxes on gasoline total?
it's hard out there for a taxer.
who to hate more: smokers, fuelers, or singles?
75 cents a pack FEE??? a fee??? LOL..C'mon, why cant they just come out and say its a tax??....and who does'nt think it wont be passed by the courts...hell, by the time they're done..it'll be $1.50. after all..its for the children!!
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