Voinovich: Gas tax hike would pump up the job market, help close deficit (RINO-OH)

The Hill ^ | 8/7/2010 | Shane D'Aprile

[Qbert]

"..."The lack of investment in our crumbling bridge, highway, and transit systems is a missed opportunity for the creation of thousands of well paying jobs and long term economic growth for our Nation," said Voinovich."

What the...? I thought that was what the 862 BILLION DOLLARS was for!!

[gundog]

What the...? I thought that was what the 862 BILLION DOLLARS was for!!

Not to mention the record receipts for fuel taxes before Nancy and Company tanked the economy.

[onyx]

What a dope. Retire already,.

And you’re right, Qbert, all the shovel ready crap was supposedly covered in stinkulus, right along with saving all those teacher’s jobs that the new jobs bill is supposed to now save.

[OrangeHoof]

With friends like this...

[GeronL]

How is raising gas taxes going to do that?

[stevem]

Well, raise the tax enough to eliminate the deficit, and every future possible deficit no matter how much you want to spend. Heck, you can eliminate unemployment entirely in Ohio.

There is no limit as to how much good you can do if you just raise taxes enough.

[stevem]

Voinovich must be one of those rare reasonable Republicans.

[gidget7]

WRONG! Unless we choose to suspend our memories, we still know what occurred before even the housing bubble burst. The price of gasoline that forced truckers out of business and broke the budget of millions of hard working American families.

[nascarnation]

the electric cars don’t work economics-wise at current fuel prices so expect the tax to boost their appeal

[digger48]

The price of gasoline that forced truckers out of business and broke the budget of millions of hard working American families.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Yo Georgie! It’s not the job of motorists to pull Barack the Kenyan’s gonads out of the fire. The way to “pump up” the job market is for you lowlifes to stop raising taxes and passing goofy **** like “Obamacare” and “cap and tax”. Geeesh bubba! This isn’t rocket science!!! Any AMERICAN can figure it out!

[Sudetenland]

What a tool. Another "Republican" who needs to go down hard. He doesn't represent the American people, he represents whats wrong in Washington and THE RULING ELITE.

Why don't you cry for us George. Cry for us the way you did when you opposed John Bolton's nomination. He's a far better man than you, you whiney crybaby. Cry for us again.

Senator George "The Buckeye Boo-Hoo" Voinovich.

[NonValueAdded]

What a fornicating moron. Kill ten jobs to create one? yeah, that’ll work.

[gidget7]

My point exactly.

[AceMineral]

Is he some kind of psychotic?

[pnh102]

[mjp]

I believe Americans are willing to pay a higher gas tax to create jobs, improve our infrastructure and better our climate,

The federal fuel tax has not seen an increase for nearly two decades. It's currently 18.4 cents a gallon,

If you really believe that raising taxes is good for the economy, then why not make it 18.4 dollars a gallon. Just think how many jobs you could create with that. NOT

[windsorknot]

I like to refer to Voinovich as “George of the Bungle”.

[hinckley buzzard]

Voinovich was always a mere bean counter economics-wise. He was a sort of competent manager as mayor of Cleveland and governor of Ohio but never showed the faintest hint of creativity or vision when it came to the future. Likewise he displayed no interest in macroeconomics, being content to diddle with budgets and count paperclips.

[Waryone]

OH, why can’t somebody get these RINOS to shut up?!!!!