Democrats Propose Gas Tax Hike

Posted on July 19, 2008

Unbelivable stupidity! With everyone suffering at the pump, and McCain unable to convince Congress on the gas tax holiday, Democrats are proposing the opposite!

Despite calls from the presidential campaign trail for a Memorial Day-to-Labor Day tax freeze, lawmakers quickly concluded — with a prod from the construction industry — that having $9 billion less to spend on highways could create a pre-election specter of thousands of lost jobs.
Now, lawmakers quietly are talking about raising fuel taxes by a dime from the current 18.4 cents a gallon on gasoline and 24.3 cents on diesel fuel. …

Oberstar, D-Minn., said his committee is working on the next long-term highway bill. He estimated it will take between $450 billion and $500 billion over six years to address safety and congestion issues with highways, bridges and transit systems.

“We’ll put all things on the table,” Oberstar said, but the gas tax “is the cornerstone. Nothing else will work without the underpinning of the higher user fee gas tax.”

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5 Responses to “Democrats Propose Gas Tax Hike”

Neil on July 19th, 2008 8:47 pm

I love it. How self-destructive of them. Can you imagine the mileage that McCain and all the Congressmen can get out of this?
Dwiddle Bug on July 19th, 2008 9:34 pm

This smells like the stench of the unions and a ploy by the rats to garner more union votes for the election.
Panday on July 20th, 2008 4:07 am

But, wait! This can’t be true because the Dems are the party of the little guy, the working class.

How, oh, how, could they ever screw the common man?
knapstellar on July 20th, 2008 9:10 am

What does this have to do with the ACLU?
wow on July 23rd, 2008 5:57 pm

Did you read the article? By Democrats, I’m assuming you mean the “American Road and Transportation Builders Association.”