More states weigh pausing gas taxes before Election Day as diesel prices spike
Analysts say a two-month suspension would save drivers about $25 while cutting state revenue by more than $120 million.
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Suspending the gas tax would be a shortsighted election year stunt - Seward Independent
IT WAS Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the Boston-born associate justice of the Supreme Court, who wrote in 1927 that “taxes are what we pay for civilized society.” When it comes to the state gas tax, this is the price we pay to ensure that we have safe and reliable ways to get where we need to go, with sufficient funding to build, operate, and maintain the essential transportation infrastructure we all depend upon. The current political environment,…
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Suspending the gas tax would be a shortsighted election year stunt
The state gas tax is the price we pay to ensure that we have safe and reliable ways to get where we need to go, with sufficient funding to build, operate, and maintain the essential transportation infrastructure we all depend upon.
More states weigh pausing gas taxes before Election Day as diesel prices spike
Since the Iran war sent gas prices soaring, Georgia, Kentucky and Indiana have cut or suspended their gas taxes. Similar proposals are under consideration in Ohio and Massachusetts.
Suspending the gas tax would be a shortsighted election year stunt - Stateline Publications
IT WAS Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the Boston-born associate justice of the Supreme Court, who wrote in 1927 that “taxes are what we pay for civilized society.” When it comes to the state gas tax, this is the price we pay to ensure that we have safe and reliable ways to get where we need to go, with sufficient funding to build, operate, and maintain the essential transportation infrastructure we all depend upon. The current political environment,…
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