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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It was a hair over 300 billion, over five years. The FAST Act. Trump just renewed it for one more year at the same level. That was the extent of Trump’s infrastructure spending.
so the left are gonna give everyone a ‘universal income’ by taxing the rich into oblivion, and then turn around and tax the snot out of them so that it cuts that income down to nothing?
After the transition to all electric vehicles how will
they pay for road construction...mileage taxes?
Charging taxes, slave labor??
“I think all options need to be on the table,”
Yeah, so he can make a liberal political pig of himself.
the left will likely cheat him into the office in the next election-
i dunno0- it went up quick under o blamamama, and the people reelected him a second term
Wait until they tell the “CODERS” to ‘learn to weld’.
How is Buttigieg qualified for this job, outside of his representing the “diversity” of America? He has taken transportation before, but that really isn’t enough.
[[will cause Democrats to lose 50 seats in the House during the midterms.]]
Don’t know about that- lots of pissed off republican voters right now who are vowing to vote out rinos who betrayed the nation, even if it means voting for democrats
He’s a mentally ill homosexual.
He was a driver for brass in the military, so he’s got experience, LOL
DOH! Guess ‘sec of trans’ means something else. 😒😂
All they are doing now is opening the boxes of crap Hillary was supposed to do.
Pete Buttigieg: “All options need to be out of the closet... er... on the table.”
Federal Gas Taxes need to be more flamboyant
Not even close. Jimmy Carter was just barely the warm up.
: )
This is true.
Gotta fund the Hershey Highway, don’cha know.
Ha!
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