New proposed Gas tax
THIS WILL EFFECT ALL OF US. Be advised, Senator Corker from Tennessee, and Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut have proposed a new gas tax that will bring prices up 12 cents per gallon on gas and 2...
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powderman426 wrote:Stefonius wrote:
Federal fuel taxes haven't gone up in over 20 years. I'd say we're overdue. How else do you expect to pay for all of the roads, bridges and tunnels that we take for granted in the USA? Some people will complain about ANYTHING.
Absolutely. And as for driving through a state without buying any fuel, not a good idea. Truck drivers used to do that, but now they keep logs and if they don't buy fuel or enough to cover their mileage, they get to pay a penalty.
Yeah- those of us that actually read the article picked up on the fact that the Federal gas tax hasn't been raised since 1993.
Here's another statistic for those of you that want to complain about raising it to something perhaps close to the same value in 2014 dollars:
That year, gas cost $1.16 a gallon INCLUDING the Federal tax. If you're torqued about rising prices, fire off your complaints to the gas companies who're raking in three or four times what they were making back then.
Those boys must just laugh their heads off every time this comes up. Heaven forbid they should volunteer to curb prices enough to allow a higher share of what amounts to the sale of our own resources be dedicated to roads without adding to consumer burden. What do they care about the infrastructure? They probably just fly everywhere they want to go.
