Posted on 02/14/2018 2:46:43 PM PST by Mariner
President Trump endorsed a 25-cent gas tax hike to pay for infrastructure at a White House meeting this morning with senior administration officials and members of Congress from both parties, according to two sources with direct knowledge. Trump also said he was open to other ways to pay for infrastructure, according to a source with direct knowledge.
Reality check: Trump’s gas tax idea appears dead on arrival. Republicans aren’t about to hike taxes for the Trump voters driving their pickup trucks to work every day. It’s a regressive tax and in Republicans’ minds would undo some of working and middle class tax cuts they just passed.
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Me too
Fair share and all that
The problem is the states.
Gas taxes that are lumped in the general fund get spent on leftist welfare of one sort or another. A crack baby doesn’t use the hiways and gets votes
$6.25 a week won’t break anyone. If you can’t afford that, take the bus.
“The excise tax is collected at the refinery...”
Dems would do both, raise taxes and tax gas, and everything else possible.
Do you know of some other place where it is collected?
Yes, like every other tax, from the consumer.
We agree.
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