The Contra Costa Times is invoking the Gipper to support something that I’m not ready to accept.
The new Republican (GOPe) majority will end up raising our taxes sooner or later, mark my words.....
and where does the money they collect today go??
They can raise the tax to 150% and still come back in a few years and ask for more.
“If you make less that 250k a year , you will not see your taxes raised ONE DIME”
Another Lie from Ohdumba.
it’s funny that fpor decades there was plenty of money fro mthe gas taxes already inplace for roads bruidges etc, but now all of a sudden there isn’t? Where’s the m oney going if not for roads?
Maybe if they didn’t siphon so many of the dollars into mass transit and other nonsense there would be enough money for roads, bridges, etc.
17% of the Highway trust fund goes to light rail, bike trails, pedestrian paths and the like. 5% goes to cleaning out underground storage tanks. Congress and the president have been raiding that fund and consequently, highway maintenance has suffered. That was deliberate—leftists don’t like highways and mass transit plans are a key element in implementing Agenda 21.
Stop spending the trust fund on non-highway expenses and you don’t have to raise gas taxes.
Besides, if they raise gas taxes, Congress will just figure out how to spend it on stuff they want, not highways.
Unintended consequences, mandate better gas mileage and get less tax revenue. What about the government doing more with less like they’ve been telling us for years?
ANY federal or even STATE energy taxes are OBSCENE...
they raise the PRICES of quite literally EVERYTHING....
ONLY an idiot would be for ANY energy tax..
Regulation MAYBE....... TAXES NO...
Eliminate at least a majority of the waste, corruption and boondoggles in highway construction and maintenance first. Then, and only then, we can talk about raising gas taxes.
We just dumped the better part of a trillion dollars into infrastructure, roads and other ‘shovel ready jobs’ projects. Let’s have an audit for where all that money went first before we spend one additional cent.
Why do the fags in Washington need to impose this “tax”? (Actually, it’s thievery). Why not let the states do it and let THEM fix the roads and bridges?
It’s the SPENDING, stupid.
Oh, and the LYING CROOKS that pollute our government.
Blow up the bureaucracy!
That was then, this is now. Just because a past president advocated a certain action to solve a perceived problem in the now distant past, doesn’t mean President B should take the same action in the present. Moreover, this fuzzy reasoning is being used along with an assertion that the past problem still exists!
Obama has been shoveling tax money into the bonfire for 6 years on the excuse that “we need to fix roads and bridges”. When does it end?
Already we've had one state (Virginia) take it upon itself to revamp its state fuel tax system. From what I've read, this has enabled it to do a lot of transportation projects on its own. This is not necessarily a good thing when you're dealing with transportation assets of national importance.
With all the “shovel ready” work done during the Stimulus the highways should be in tip top shape. They did use the money like they said they would, right?
The Contra Costa Times is one of those "alternative" rags. Everyone one of them voted for 0bama. That's why the article didn't bring up the "Stimulus" that was supposed to fix the infrastructure, but instead went to the unions.
5.56mm
DUMBO needs $$ for his free education and healthcare.
Remember the $600 billion stimulus that was supposed to take care of all that?