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Ikonoklast

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7. The federal fuel tax has not been raised since 1993.

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 02:55 AM

Jun 2014

Between politicians earmarking funds for things other than transportation in the highway bill, it is the biggest reason our roads and transportation infrastructure is crumbling.

If you like driving on bad roads, write your representatives about not wanting to pay a higher fuel tax, they will then gladly turn your freeway into a toll road to raise revenue.

Because that is part of the bill, too.

It leaves the option to toll previously free highways up to the states.

And you think the fuel tax would be a bad idea...

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Tax The Poor- More! (Hefty) US Gasoline Tax Increase Urged by Bipartisan Pair of Senators [View all] cali Jun 2014 OP

Is this to pay for Iraq War II? grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #1

Surprising, I'm OK with it.... daleanime Jun 2014 #2

for a lot of people I know, it will be devastating cali Jun 2014 #4

Afford it? Not really.... daleanime Jun 2014 #6

How about taxing the oil companies and promoting electric cars Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2014 #26

Exactly! Aerows Jun 2014 #33

Should be included. daleanime Jun 2014 #35

Where do you think electric cars go? former9thward Jun 2014 #63

Glad you can afford it. The elderly and the poor cannot. So I'm not okay with it. sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #32

The poor and the elderly are hurting.... daleanime Jun 2014 #43

Our roads don't need to be repaired on the backs Aerows Jun 2014 #47

So glad I got rid of my car. dilby Jun 2014 #3

Cars can certainly be a money drain Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #69

Is this another one of those nutty think tank ideas? bluestateguy Jun 2014 #5

The federal fuel tax has not been raised since 1993. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #7

And gas is $3 more than it was in 1993 bluestateguy Jun 2014 #9

Yep Aerows Jun 2014 #38

yes. I think it's a bad idea. It's a tax that the poor and particularly the working poor cali Jun 2014 #11

Even worse, it would be coupled with tax cuts elsewhere starroute Jun 2014 #19

No, it shifts money out of the pocket of Americans Aerows Jun 2014 #42

No it's not the 'biggest reason', not by a long shot. The biggest reason we can't have sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #37

Way cheaper and more sensible than setting a bunch of toll roads. TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #8

oh yes it can be. I know this is radical, but how about raising the tax cali Jun 2014 #12

What's your plan for getting that through Congress? nt geek tragedy Jun 2014 #24

this evidently has little chance of getting thru Congress either cali Jun 2014 #31

the AFL-CIO supports raising the gas tax. geek tragedy Jun 2014 #48

Getting rid of the Third Way and Right Wing members. Just ridding our own party of sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #41

Oh hell no Aerows Jun 2014 #45

God forbid we straighten out the income tax situation..... bobGandolf Jun 2014 #10

Next up: Taxes on food and water! Hoooray for bi-partisan legislation! Scuba Jun 2014 #13

And food costs are already soaring Aerows Jun 2014 #49

Which would still leave the USA with the lowest fuel tax in the developed world. Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #14

So many in this thread with knee-jerk solutions to a problem they only vaguely understand. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #15

Well, we are not all superior beings who know everything. What we do know sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #46

Have you written your representative or senator about the THUD bill proposals? Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #58

Simple, and yes I have contacted Congress in the past, useless endeavor unless you have billions to sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #66

So, no then. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #67

So you write to them. Well, that's good. We all write and call and email and get computer sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #68

I've met one of my senators and my congressional representative in person. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #70

So let me ask you, did you ask your Reps if the Chained CPI includes these tax raises as part sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #71

Transport costs are always figured into the COL, same as housing, food. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #72

Needs to go even higher Lee-Lee Jun 2014 #16

You live in an urban area with reliable public transportation, don't you? mac56 Jun 2014 #17

No I don't Lee-Lee Jun 2014 #18

wow, what car is that? wildbilln864 Jun 2014 #23

VW Jetta TDI Lee-Lee Jun 2014 #25

that's what I drive too- 2002- but I don't get 47 mph- more like 37. still great cali Jun 2014 #39

My 09 does 47 on highway if I don't drive like a fool. Lee-Lee Jun 2014 #53

I think $0.20/yr for 5 yrs... HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #27

this would be a huge burden for a lot of rural people without access to public transportation cali Jun 2014 #36

All change comes at a price Lee-Lee Jun 2014 #56

Gasoline taxes will cause less driving and diesel taxes will raise the price of food. This is not a jwirr Jun 2014 #20

Bingo Aerows Jun 2014 #50

Less driving is a Good Thing muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #59

I agree but the bad side is getting to work or the doctor is also harder. jwirr Jun 2014 #65

Crumbling infrastructure and overreliance on cars disproportionately hurts the poor, too. kcr Jun 2014 #21

The gas tax is how we pay for our roads. geek tragedy Jun 2014 #22

Tax the oil companies! Aerows Jun 2014 #30

the gas tax is a tax on oil companies and distributors geek tragedy Jun 2014 #44

Make the corporations actually pay their taxes. Aerows Jun 2014 #51

realism isn't fatalism geek tragedy Jun 2014 #54

"They're going to gain seats in the fall" Aerows Jun 2014 #57

AAA: Most Americans Support Federal Gas Tax Increase If It Leads To Better Roads muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #61

AAA is going to say that Aerows Jun 2014 #62

Pretty soon it will be an economically forced sit out for poor rural people Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #28

+1. exactly. Most DUers seem to be utterly clueless about rural life. cali Jun 2014 #40

Why are we taxing everybody Aerows Jun 2014 #29

Oh noes! A 12 gallon fill up will cost . . . gratuitous Jun 2014 #34

the gas tax has been frozen since 1993. If it had simply kept up with inflation onenote Jun 2014 #52

We need to tax financial trades like a lot. IronLionZion Jun 2014 #55

Question. Savannahmann Jun 2014 #60

I'd ask everyone to read this and come up with a better Sissyk Jun 2014 #64

I am all for raising the tax on gas. NM_Birder Jun 2014 #73