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36. this would be a huge burden for a lot of rural people without access to public transportation

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 02:41 PM

Jun 2014

I don't know why so many on DU don't get that there are millions of people in rural areas who can't fucking not drive because there is little or no transportation. I know that most DUers live in the burbs and just don't understand what it's like to live in a rural area.

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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