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RockRaven

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7. Reminder: federal gas tax goes into the Highway Trust Fund, which pays for

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 02:29 PM

21 hrs ago

construction and upkeep of highways and bridges. If you think America's ground transportation infrastructure is decrepit already, you should not favor cutting this revenue stream and making the problem that much worse.

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Energy secretary says Trump administration is open to suspending gas tax amid soaring prices [View all] BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago OP

Get whoever is responsible for $1.80 fuel in Iowa on the case nationally... EarthFirst 21 hrs ago #1

Have they proposed any way to pay for this war yet? $.18 a gallon isn't gonna bail anyone out Walleye 21 hrs ago #2

Borrow and spend is the conservative way. Festivito 17 hrs ago #12

Roads Maninacan 21 hrs ago #3

A good start would have been not starting a war... Hugin 21 hrs ago #4

Will it matter when gas is $6 a gallon? Or more? no_hypocrisy 21 hrs ago #5

Each state has its own gasoline tax FakeNoose 21 hrs ago #6

Reminder: federal gas tax goes into the Highway Trust Fund, which pays for RockRaven 21 hrs ago #7

First thing I thought of when I read the headline . . . Journeyman 19 hrs ago #9

I'm surprised they didn't push this idea earlier. SamuelAdams 19 hrs ago #8

Another corrupt republicrook clown telling "wait two weeks" on teevee. Justice matters. 17 hrs ago #10

Yeah, What's A Few More Tens Of Billions On The Deficit? ProfessorGAC 17 hrs ago #11

Isn't this Congress's purview? Retrograde 16 hrs ago #13

How about you share all that illegal profit your family made with oil speculation? Ford_Prefect 12 hrs ago #14

Adding even more to the national debt. Our future generations will remember. sinkingfeeling 3 hrs ago #15