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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]Aerows
(39,961 posts)33. Exactly!
Why is it that Congress can't agree on ANYTHING until it comes to screwing the American people? You expect that kind of thing from Republicans but Democrats blindly go along with it.
Screw this fatalism of "but that will never pass". Tax the damn oil companies that are reaping record profits!
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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