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Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy
No thank you. If Obama could not fix things with his shovel ready projects, he does not deserve more tax money to burn.
Gas taxes hit the middle class harder than anyone--they use the most gas.
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The gas tax is the most equitable tax on the books, and it hasn't been raised since the 90s. Nor was it indexed to inflation. The highway trust fund is one of the few things that Congress doesn't routinely raid as every Member in every state gets a piece of the pie as it is. There are earmarked projects and shit in there, sure, but on the whole getting a highway bill done is a HUGE deal. And using the gas tax to pay for it is absolutely fair. Don't want to pay the tax? Take public transportation. Raising the gasoline tax and indexing it to inflation is straight up paying for your shit without adding to the deficit or using accounting tricks to move money around to create the appearance that a bill has the adequate revenue streams to pay for it.
Americans have it in their head that cheap gasoline is their birthright. The same assholes who bitch about $3.00/gal gasoline are the same assholes that stand in line to get a $5.00 venti mocha****achino every goddamn morning.
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