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In reply to the discussion: Tax The Poor- More! (Hefty) US Gasoline Tax Increase Urged by Bipartisan Pair of Senators [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)12. oh yes it can be. I know this is radical, but how about raising the tax
on the wealthy in some way- from income tax to raising the tax on luxury vehicles ?
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cali
Jun 2014
OP
Glad you can afford it. The elderly and the poor cannot. So I'm not okay with it.
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#32
yes. I think it's a bad idea. It's a tax that the poor and particularly the working poor
cali
Jun 2014
#11
No it's not the 'biggest reason', not by a long shot. The biggest reason we can't have
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#37
Getting rid of the Third Way and Right Wing members. Just ridding our own party of
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#41
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
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 you write to them. Well, that's good. We all write and call and email and get computer
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#68
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
this would be a huge burden for a lot of rural people without access to public transportation
cali
Jun 2014
#36
Gasoline taxes will cause less driving and diesel taxes will raise the price of food. This is not a
jwirr
Jun 2014
#20
Crumbling infrastructure and overreliance on cars disproportionately hurts the poor, too.
kcr
Jun 2014
#21
AAA: Most Americans Support Federal Gas Tax Increase If It Leads To Better Roads
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#61
Pretty soon it will be an economically forced sit out for poor rural people
Tuesday Afternoon
Jun 2014
#28
the gas tax has been frozen since 1993. If it had simply kept up with inflation
onenote
Jun 2014
#52