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Pete Buttigieg Floats Raising Federal Gas Tax: ‘All Options Need To Be On The Table’
dailycaller.com ^ | 1/21/2021 2053 hrs est | Varun Hukeri

Posted on 01/22/2021 10:28:15 AM PST by rktman

Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg suggested raising the federal gas tax in order to fund infrastructure initiatives during his confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.

Republican Florida Sen. Rick Scott asked the former South Bend mayor if he would favor a federal gas tax increase to pay for the Highway Trust Fund. The fund is mostly financed by revenue from federal gas taxes but has become less financially solvent in recent years, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.

“Well, I think all options need to be on the table,” Buttigieg responded. “As you know, the gas tax has not been increased since 1993, and it’s never been pegged to inflation. And it’s one of the reasons why the current state of the Highway Trust Fund is that there’s more going out than coming in.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fossilfuels; gastax; hersheyhighway; homosexualagenda; taxes
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1 posted on 01/22/2021 10:28:15 AM PST by rktman
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To: rktman
Funny how this was never part of the “campaign” discussion.
2 posted on 01/22/2021 10:29:12 AM PST by Obadiah (I will no longer be the battered spouse of the Republican Party. I'm out.)
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To: rktman

Too many taxes.

Too many laws.


3 posted on 01/22/2021 10:29:44 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: rktman

“And...liftoff. We have liftoff of our taxes.”


4 posted on 01/22/2021 10:29:57 AM PST by Ebenezer (Strength and Honor!)
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To: rktman

If I hear one damn Democrat complain that gas prices have doubled...


5 posted on 01/22/2021 10:30:57 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: rktman

But only if you make $400,000.00 a year, correct?


6 posted on 01/22/2021 10:31:12 AM PST by conservative98
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To: rktman
‘All Options Need To Be On The Table’

Translation: We've made our decision and we'll let you read the bill after we pass it.

7 posted on 01/22/2021 10:31:24 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (I'm sorry the Q thing didn't work out. We were wrong about that.)
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To: rktman

how about $40 per gallon?

not enuf? but it is a start.


8 posted on 01/22/2021 10:32:09 AM PST by Diogenesis ("when a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced" )
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To: rktman

Gasoline in Florida is already up 53 cents since election day. Every penny increase in gasoline prices take $1.4B out of the economy.


9 posted on 01/22/2021 10:32:17 AM PST by HonorInPa
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To: rktman

Tax electric cars more, Buttpegg


10 posted on 01/22/2021 10:32:37 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: rktman

And so it begins.


11 posted on 01/22/2021 10:32:43 AM PST by SkyDancer (Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: rktman

I can’t wait until they begin to eat their own. They will own it!


12 posted on 01/22/2021 10:33:14 AM PST by patriot torch (Ashlie Babbitt-say her name)
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To: rktman

How about eliminating the gas tax? Is that option ever put on the table? - Mr. Bootycall.


13 posted on 01/22/2021 10:33:18 AM PST by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: rktman

Was this felcher’s “husband” at his side? I’m gonna puke.


14 posted on 01/22/2021 10:33:36 AM PST by dainbramaged (Windage and Elevation)
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To: BenLurkin

“ Too many taxes.”
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Agree. However, I do think it’s time to apply a road tax to EV’s.


15 posted on 01/22/2021 10:33:56 AM PST by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp, )
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To: rktman

This tax increase will be pocket money compared to the increase in oil prices due to Democrat policies.


16 posted on 01/22/2021 10:34:45 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: rktman

What ever happened to all that Obama infrastructure money?


17 posted on 01/22/2021 10:34:49 AM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated )
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To: rktman

The Biden regime will be Jimmy Carter²


18 posted on 01/22/2021 10:35:05 AM PST by PGR88
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To: BenLurkin

something everyone can rally about will give just one more thing to campaign on and maybe create more rt-wingers


19 posted on 01/22/2021 10:35:09 AM PST by magna carta (TX all you have to do is send an email to principal with a witness included on the communication.)
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To: A Navy Vet

Ask Caliph Baraq.
IIRC he appointed Biden as “Stimulus Sheriff” back in 2009.


20 posted on 01/22/2021 10:35:39 AM PST by nascarnation
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