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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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To: elpadre

The part that amazed me was that Caliph Baraq got re-elected after making gas 4 bucks a gallon. Of course Romney was probably the ideal opponent to beat...


41 posted on 01/22/2021 10:45:59 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: laweeks

Did you mean “fairyed” around the country?


42 posted on 01/22/2021 10:46:15 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Screwed, blued and tatooed. Enlisted USN 1967.)
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To: BenLurkin

Someone needs to explain just exactly how much revenue is raised by use taxes.
ie Ohio- Combined with federal taxes, drivers will pay 56.9 cents per gallon on gasoline and 71.4 cents on diesel fuel


43 posted on 01/22/2021 10:46:17 AM PST by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: elpadre

Obama never did follow up on his promise to buy a Chevy Volt when he left office.


44 posted on 01/22/2021 10:46:30 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: snoringbear

Actually, in Michigan the registration fee is more for an EV to make up for the loss of gas taxes. Just bought a commuter vehicle and was surprised the plates cast more.


45 posted on 01/22/2021 10:46:56 AM PST by offduty (Joe Biden, Commander in Thief)
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To: rktman

So, what will the owners of Electric Cars be charged?

They use the same Roadways that us little People who drive Cars with Internal Combustion Engines use.


46 posted on 01/22/2021 10:47:12 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Don't blame me, I Voted for the guy who actually Won the 2020 Presidential Election...)
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To: faithhopecharity

Deaf ears............... Won’t have any effect on these folks.


47 posted on 01/22/2021 10:47:23 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Screwed, blued and tatooed. Enlisted USN 1967.)
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To: faithhopecharity

Deaf ears............... Won’t have any effect on these folks.


48 posted on 01/22/2021 10:47:23 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Screwed, blued and tatooed. Enlisted USN 1967.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Nothing like stressing the power grid with millions of electric cars. At least the ChiComs are building hundreds of coal fired power plants to fuel theirs.


49 posted on 01/22/2021 10:48:01 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: DoughtyOne

Not sure of your last sentence. Can you amplify please?


50 posted on 01/22/2021 10:51:30 AM PST by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp, )
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To: rktman; bitt; null and void; tgusa; Albion Wilde; SkyDancer; radu; Kathy in Alaska; The Mayor; ...

Please help this go viral. This woman is awesome and speaks for over 80 million DJT voters.

Clearly The Left Does Not Truly Want Unity... And Neither Do I

https://www.facebook.com/newsbusters/videos/237515727868854


51 posted on 01/22/2021 10:51:48 AM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: BenLurkin
Probably, but also to failed new energy projects and other un-related special interests. Not sure, but wasn't it close to a Trillion tax-payers dollars? I'm thinking 900Billion.

And yet, the infrastructure is no better. So Butthead wants to raised fuel taxes as if that will fix the problem. The Dem/Soc/Commies will just piss it away once more.

I'm dumbfounded that they keep repeating the same ripoffs and still get voted in by the very people their policies hurt.

I'm not one of those who say America is lost, but it's gonna be a tough ride for the next years. I'm not going anywhere for hopefully another 5 years. I will fight at 71 in ways I can.

52 posted on 01/22/2021 10:51:49 AM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated )
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To: snoringbear

Actually, in GA I pay punitive yearly special EV taxes that are far more than what I would pay in the equivalent gas car.


53 posted on 01/22/2021 10:52:35 AM PST by Codeflier (Covid-19 taught me: Two types of "conservatives", frightened safety seekers vs. freedom lovers)
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To: rktman

Hershey highway needs more $


54 posted on 01/22/2021 10:52:52 AM PST by Phil DiBasquette
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To: rktman
Did you mean “fairyed” around the country?

Well, I really didnt't want to suggest that he was a fanny farming, rump ranger, screaming bender, gerbil felcher, butter-cheeked, chutney ferret, knob-gobbling, rump ranging, Barbie hugging, Broadway-showgirl, tootsie-roll-eating, lizard worshipping, post pulling, brown-wind-loving, scroat slurping dingleberry biting, pole pushing, vacuum-lipped anal warrior, or a carrot-swallowing, poodle owning, skipping little hotdog-eating, or a chalk-licking, lavender sniffing, cheeky merry-monkey pole-vaulter, a cigar smoking, giggling little donut-puncher, or a Crisco-hoarding, rainbow-prancing, fuchsia puffed batty boy, a feminine-acting, stick-twiddling parade-marching ball-juggling, a gerbil-feeding, flower sniffing, rainbow-squatting, bottoms-up boy, or a glitter-loving, tail-tickling, Cleveland Steamer pooftah, a ham-slamming organ grinder, a latte-swilling, boy-texting, pump-a-loaf bread-boffer, a limp-wristed prancing knob-jockey, a loafer-lightening grass-tickling pounder of fudge, a merrily-hopping, NPR-listening musical-favoring chin-trauma patient, a merry delicate lightly-prancing dress-favoring protein-burper, a pearl-necklace adorned tumblebunny, a petal-covered swishing basket-burglar, a gym bunny, a pink-sequin-adorned squeeze-friendly rectum-flagellator, or a quiche-slurping, glitter-coated nimble-dancer, a rose-sprinkling, first-chair rusty-trombone pole-vaulter, a rump-radar-pinging, butterbutt loving, feathered drag princess, a sibilants-pronouncing girl-drink-swilling fruity little balltender, Okla-homo, a silent-screaming bed-bouncing pump-wearing butt pilot, a skipping lavender-scented going-in-dry pillow-biter, a soap-dropping, spanks-wearing, cabana-boy-loving, turd burglarizing rug bumper, or a Hershey highway loving butt pirate, sodomite Sally, polishers of floorboards, muff divers, or carpet muncher. So I didn't want to suggest anything.

55 posted on 01/22/2021 10:52:57 AM PST by laweeks (Just wait till you have to have a biopsy from your prostate, now that is an experience you will neve)
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To: rktman

Butt Gig Floats.


56 posted on 01/22/2021 10:53:25 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Allegations of vote fraud cause you to 1)Provide contrary evidence or 2)Censor and erect razor wire)
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To: rktman

“All Options”?

How about the option of cutting spending?


57 posted on 01/22/2021 10:54:43 AM PST by taxcontrol (You are entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong it is.)
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To: rktman

Who pays the most in gas taxes? The truckers.

Who wants gas taxes increased? The truckers.

US roads are underfunded and undermaintained. Funding their improvement with a user fee seems fair and efficient. It’s been almost 30 years since the last change. It will actually save the truckers money to be able to operate on roads that aren’t falling apart.


58 posted on 01/22/2021 10:56:50 AM PST by babble-on
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To: a fool in paradise
Obama never did follow up on his promise to buy a Chevy Volt when he left office.

Gm discontinued the Volt. That gave him an out.
59 posted on 01/22/2021 10:58:47 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

We barely survived eight years of 0bama; this current mess will be worse.


60 posted on 01/22/2021 10:59:06 AM PST by SkyDancer (Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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