Obama-Proposed Gas Tax

[Remodeling Maidiac]

I think we should raise the federal tax on a gallon of gas/diesel by about 10 cents, with that going toward road infrastructure not towards any mass transit or research into new cars.

A state can do that itself.

Your state can raise their fuel tax to help maintain roads within their own state, and the Federal Government make enough!

When Maryland did it I would just drive over to Virginia and fill the tanks on the truck.

Isn't freedom of choice grand?

 

[Maryland Patriot]

I think we should raise the federal tax on a gallon of gas/diesel by about 10 cents, with that going toward road infrastructure not towards any mass transit or research into new cars.

A state can do that itself.

Your state can raise their fuel tax to help maintain roads within their own state, and the Federal Government make enough!

When Maryland did it I would just drive over to Virginia and fill the tanks on the truck.

Isn't freedom of choice grand?

yes, but OweMalley realized people were doing this so he tried to set up ways to catch them, same with people that did their shopping in Delaware to avoid sales tax, they were supposed to fill out a tax form with Maryland and pay the tax on those items purchased.
Aint liberals pure scum?

 

[leftwinger]

Hey, everyone knows that necessary infrastructure repairs will pay for themselves.....just like Iraqnam and Medicare Part D.....

don't make me open can up on that 2009 stimulus....

 

[IcebergSlim]

Do we need to talk about Obama’s $10-per-barrel oil tax proposal?

'Obama aides told POLITICO that when he releases his final budget request next week, the president will propose more than $300 billion worth of investments over the next decade in mass transit, high-speed rail, self-driving cars, and other transportation approaches designed to reduce carbon emissions and congestion. To pay for it all, Obama will call for a $10 “fee” on every barrel of oil, a surcharge that would be paid by oil companies but would presumably be passed along to consumers.

There is no real chance that the Republican-controlled Congress will embrace Obama’s grand vision of climate-friendly mobility in an election year—especially after passing a long-stalled bipartisan highway bill just last year—and his aides acknowledge it’s mostly an effort to jump-start a conversation about the future of transportation. But by raising the specter of new taxes on fossil fuels, it could create a political quandary for Democrats. The fee could add as much as 25 cents a gallon to the cost of gasoline, and even with petroleum prices at historic lows, the proposal could be particularly awkward for Hillary Clinton, who has embraced most of Obama’s policies but has also vowed to oppose any tax hikes on families earning less than $250,000 a year.'

LINK: Do we need to talk about Obama’s $10-per-barrel oil tax proposal?

I say no to the idea, and in another thread I pointed out that Texas drive pays thirty-eight cents a gallon just in taxes and he want it to go over sixty cents in taxes per gallon?

So right now I drive a truck that has a twenty-four gallon tank and let round up to forty cents a gallon for taxes and that is $9.60 in taxes for me per tank and now he want me to pay $14.40 in taxes per tank?

I also fill up twice a week because of my travel so that would be $28.80 per week in taxes and that is $1497.60 in taxes per year he want me to pay on top of other taxes?

No thank you...

Those roads you drive on......do they require any kind of maintenance?

Let the local municipalities decide how to fund local needs. There is no reason a farmer in Iowa should pay for major infrastructure in California.
And it's comical that you actually trust the government to spend the money effectively.

Solyndra says thank you

They are called "Interstates".........and facilitate "Interstate commerce"..........

One day we should take all Breitbart dependent morons out back and put them down....

Solyndra Program Vilified by Republicans Turns a Profit

As should leftwing nutters like you that simple-mindlessly propose a new tax as the fix-all for everything. SPEND SPEND SPEND, TAX TAX TAX!!!!

Just call it another opportunity cost of bringing national socialist health care to Iraqnam, Goober....

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

I think we should raise the federal tax on a gallon of gas/diesel by about 10 cents, with that going toward road infrastructure not towards any mass transit or research into new cars.

A state can do that itself.

Your state can raise their fuel tax to help maintain roads within their own state, and the Federal Government make enough!

When Maryland did it I would just drive over to Virginia and fill the tanks on the truck.

When you live in Texas it is a little harder to do.

 

[leftwinger]

Those roads you drive on......do they require any kind of maintenance?

that is what the original state gas taxes were for, but the mingled into general and now claim they don't have any. But the illegals get many free burrito.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

I say no to the idea, and in another thread I pointed out that Texas drive pays thirty-eight cents a gallon just in taxes and he want it to go over sixty cents in taxes per gallon?

So right now I drive a truck that has a twenty-four gallon tank and let round up to forty cents a gallon for taxes and that is $9.60 in taxes for me per tank and now he want me to pay $14.40 in taxes per tank?

I also fill up twice a week because of my travel so that would be $28.80 per week in taxes and that is $1497.60 in taxes per year he want me to pay on top of other taxes?

No thank you...

Those roads you drive on......do they require any kind of maintenance?

Let the local municipalities decide how to fund local needs. There is no reason a farmer in Iowa should pay for major infrastructure in California.
And it's comical that you actually trust the government to spend the money effectively.

Solyndra says thank you

They are called "Interstates".........and facilitate "Interstate commerce"..........

One day we should take all Breitbart dependent morons out back and put them down....

Solyndra Program Vilified by Republicans Turns a Profit

The farmer in Iowa should pay for roads he doesn't use why?

And I don't read Brightbart jackass

Because they don't sell all their output to Iowans?

They can't grow gasoline, or farm equipment?

Their sod freezes solid in the wintertime, and you can't live on ice and snow?

I dunno, Gramps.....what do you figger?

geez.....

Because California's infrastructure needs are theirs to own & pay for.
And as pointed out Obama has other plans for this money anyhow. So again I'll ask, why should a farmer, nurse, daycare provider, teacher or any other Iowan pay for any of the shit that has no impact on their state? Or are you implying the need self driving cars to drive them to the store on a GRAVEL ROAD.

You assholes just can't wait to spend someone else's money & make the poor even poorer

 

[IcebergSlim]

Do we need to talk about Obama’s $10-per-barrel oil tax proposal?

'Obama aides told POLITICO that when he releases his final budget request next week, the president will propose more than $300 billion worth of investments over the next decade in mass transit, high-speed rail, self-driving cars, and other transportation approaches designed to reduce carbon emissions and congestion. To pay for it all, Obama will call for a $10 “fee” on every barrel of oil, a surcharge that would be paid by oil companies but would presumably be passed along to consumers.

There is no real chance that the Republican-controlled Congress will embrace Obama’s grand vision of climate-friendly mobility in an election year—especially after passing a long-stalled bipartisan highway bill just last year—and his aides acknowledge it’s mostly an effort to jump-start a conversation about the future of transportation. But by raising the specter of new taxes on fossil fuels, it could create a political quandary for Democrats. The fee could add as much as 25 cents a gallon to the cost of gasoline, and even with petroleum prices at historic lows, the proposal could be particularly awkward for Hillary Clinton, who has embraced most of Obama’s policies but has also vowed to oppose any tax hikes on families earning less than $250,000 a year.'

LINK: Do we need to talk about Obama’s $10-per-barrel oil tax proposal?

I say no to the idea, and in another thread I pointed out that Texas drive pays thirty-eight cents a gallon just in taxes and he want it to go over sixty cents in taxes per gallon?

So right now I drive a truck that has a twenty-four gallon tank and let round up to forty cents a gallon for taxes and that is $9.60 in taxes for me per tank and now he want me to pay $14.40 in taxes per tank?

I also fill up twice a week because of my travel so that would be $28.80 per week in taxes and that is $1497.60 in taxes per year he want me to pay on top of other taxes?

No thank you...

Those roads you drive on......do they require any kind of maintenance?

What does that have to do with high speed rails, and self driving cars?

Notice you are wanting to make it about the roads we drive on, and not about the other pet projects that he is wanting to spend the money on instead.

So again, I am saying no and if you want to pay extra money feel free to send President Obama a check for high speed rails and self driving cars!

Once upon a time, a prescient POTUS named Ike decreed that the nation would be served by a network of Interstate Highways....

the rest is history

 

[IcebergSlim]

Those roads you drive on......do they require any kind of maintenance?

that is what the original state gas taxes were for, but the mingled into general and now claim they don't have any. But the illegals get many free burrito.

State's bear only part of the burden of servicing and/or expanding interstate highways......

 

[Maryland Patriot]

I think we should raise the federal tax on a gallon of gas/diesel by about 10 cents, with that going toward road infrastructure not towards any mass transit or research into new cars.

A state can do that itself.

Your state can raise their fuel tax to help maintain roads within their own state, and the Federal Government make enough!

When Maryland did it I would just drive over to Virginia and fill the tanks on the truck.

When you live in Texas it is a little harder to do.

I guess it is if you have to travel two days to fill up. LOL
I can be in Virginia in about 30 minutes if I go at the right time of day, 5 hours if its during rush hour

 

[IcebergSlim]

Those roads you drive on......do they require any kind of maintenance?

Let the local municipalities decide how to fund local needs. There is no reason a farmer in Iowa should pay for major infrastructure in California.
And it's comical that you actually trust the government to spend the money effectively.

Solyndra says thank you

They are called "Interstates".........and facilitate "Interstate commerce"..........

One day we should take all Breitbart dependent morons out back and put them down....

Solyndra Program Vilified by Republicans Turns a Profit

The farmer in Iowa should pay for roads he doesn't use why?

And I don't read Brightbart jackass

Because they don't sell all their output to Iowans?

They can't grow gasoline, or farm equipment?

Their sod freezes solid in the wintertime, and you can't live on ice and snow?

I dunno, Gramps.....what do you figger?

geez.....

Because California's infrastructure needs are theirs to own & pay for.
And as pointed out Obama has other plans for this money anyhow. So again I'll ask, why should a farmer, nurse, daycare provider, teacher or any other Iowan pay for any of the shit that has no impact on their state? Or are you implying the need self driving cars to drive them to the store on a GRAVEL ROAD.

You assholes just can't wait to spend someone else's money & make the poor even poorer

Holy crap are you f.....ing dense! You MUST be a 2 Time Scrub Voter......

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

Do we need to talk about Obama’s $10-per-barrel oil tax proposal?

'Obama aides told POLITICO that when he releases his final budget request next week, the president will propose more than $300 billion worth of investments over the next decade in mass transit, high-speed rail, self-driving cars, and other transportation approaches designed to reduce carbon emissions and congestion. To pay for it all, Obama will call for a $10 “fee” on every barrel of oil, a surcharge that would be paid by oil companies but would presumably be passed along to consumers.

There is no real chance that the Republican-controlled Congress will embrace Obama’s grand vision of climate-friendly mobility in an election year—especially after passing a long-stalled bipartisan highway bill just last year—and his aides acknowledge it’s mostly an effort to jump-start a conversation about the future of transportation. But by raising the specter of new taxes on fossil fuels, it could create a political quandary for Democrats. The fee could add as much as 25 cents a gallon to the cost of gasoline, and even with petroleum prices at historic lows, the proposal could be particularly awkward for Hillary Clinton, who has embraced most of Obama’s policies but has also vowed to oppose any tax hikes on families earning less than $250,000 a year.'

LINK: Do we need to talk about Obama’s $10-per-barrel oil tax proposal?

I say no to the idea, and in another thread I pointed out that Texas drive pays thirty-eight cents a gallon just in taxes and he want it to go over sixty cents in taxes per gallon?

So right now I drive a truck that has a twenty-four gallon tank and let round up to forty cents a gallon for taxes and that is $9.60 in taxes for me per tank and now he want me to pay $14.40 in taxes per tank?

I also fill up twice a week because of my travel so that would be $28.80 per week in taxes and that is $1497.60 in taxes per year he want me to pay on top of other taxes?

No thank you...

Those roads you drive on......do they require any kind of maintenance?

What does that have to do with high speed rails, and self driving cars?

Notice you are wanting to make it about the roads we drive on, and not about the other pet projects that he is wanting to spend the money on instead.

So again, I am saying no and if you want to pay extra money feel free to send President Obama a check for high speed rails and self driving cars!

Once upon a time, a prescient POTUS named Ike decreed that the nation would be served by a network of Interstate Highways....

the rest is history

Again, the ten dollar a barrel tax proposal is not only about interstate infrastructure but is about speed rails, and other pet projects, so what part of that are you not understanding?

Are you telling me that people of Texas should pay for the speed rail in California or the self driving car in Chicago?

If so then get real.

Also states have their own fuel consumption taxes and the federal government make enough off the taxes they get to waste!

 

[leftwinger]

high speed rails

CA high speed rail. Take you 1hr to drive to the station, $100 to park for few days. 1 hour plus to LA with stops? No car at other end? but they have a flight every 10 min for $45 to orange county. Ice bring da charts out...........

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Let the local municipalities decide how to fund local needs. There is no reason a farmer in Iowa should pay for major infrastructure in California.
And it's comical that you actually trust the government to spend the money effectively.

Solyndra says thank you

They are called "Interstates".........and facilitate "Interstate commerce"..........

One day we should take all Breitbart dependent morons out back and put them down....

Solyndra Program Vilified by Republicans Turns a Profit

The farmer in Iowa should pay for roads he doesn't use why?

And I don't read Brightbart jackass

Because they don't sell all their output to Iowans?

They can't grow gasoline, or farm equipment?

Their sod freezes solid in the wintertime, and you can't live on ice and snow?

I dunno, Gramps.....what do you figger?

geez.....

Because California's infrastructure needs are theirs to own & pay for.
And as pointed out Obama has other plans for this money anyhow. So again I'll ask, why should a farmer, nurse, daycare provider, teacher or any other Iowan pay for any of the shit that has no impact on their state? Or are you implying the need self driving cars to drive them to the store on a GRAVEL ROAD.

You assholes just can't wait to spend someone else's money & make the poor even poorer

Holy crap are you f.....ing dense! You MUST be a 2 Time Scrub Voter......

You always resort to juvenile insults once you realize I've handed you your ass.

Stupid liberals

 

[Maryland Patriot]

Let the local municipalities decide how to fund local needs. There is no reason a farmer in Iowa should pay for major infrastructure in California.
And it's comical that you actually trust the government to spend the money effectively.

Solyndra says thank you

They are called "Interstates".........and facilitate "Interstate commerce"..........

One day we should take all Breitbart dependent morons out back and put them down....

Solyndra Program Vilified by Republicans Turns a Profit

The farmer in Iowa should pay for roads he doesn't use why?

And I don't read Brightbart jackass

Because they don't sell all their output to Iowans?

They can't grow gasoline, or farm equipment?

Their sod freezes solid in the wintertime, and you can't live on ice and snow?

I dunno, Gramps.....what do you figger?

geez.....

Because California's infrastructure needs are theirs to own & pay for.
And as pointed out Obama has other plans for this money anyhow. So again I'll ask, why should a farmer, nurse, daycare provider, teacher or any other Iowan pay for any of the shit that has no impact on their state? Or are you implying the need self driving cars to drive them to the store on a GRAVEL ROAD.

You assholes just can't wait to spend someone else's money & make the poor even poorer

Holy crap are you f.....ing dense! You MUST be a 2 Time Scrub Voter......

could you do away with the insult that adds nothing to the topic and reply to the poster in question why you think he is dense for his position?
Personally I agree with him. I could not care less about a California road when Im bouncing through pot holes in Maryland.

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

I think we should raise the federal tax on a gallon of gas/diesel by about 10 cents, with that going toward road infrastructure not towards any mass transit or research into new cars.

A state can do that itself.

Your state can raise their fuel tax to help maintain roads within their own state, and the Federal Government make enough!

When Maryland did it I would just drive over to Virginia and fill the tanks on the truck.

When you live in Texas it is a little harder to do.

I guess it is if you have to travel two days to fill up. LOL
I can be in Virginia in about 30 minutes if I go at the right time of day, 5 hours if its during rush hour

I live in Texas and to make it to the next state it is a few hours away, and would cost me half of a tank to get there, so no dice there...

 

[IcebergSlim]

I think we should raise the federal tax on a gallon of gas/diesel by about 10 cents, with that going toward road infrastructure not towards any mass transit or research into new cars.

A state can do that itself.

Your state can raise their fuel tax to help maintain roads within their own state, and the Federal Government make enough!

When Maryland did it I would just drive over to Virginia and fill the tanks on the truck.

When you live in Texas it is a little harder to do.

I guess it is if you have to travel two days to fill up. LOL
I can be in Virginia in about 30 minutes if I go at the right time of day, 5 hours if its during rush hour

30 minutes.....let's say that's 20 miles each way........in a vehicle (truck) getting about 12 miles to the gallon......

You are burning 3.33 gallons to fill up......let's say that's about 7 bucks......then you've got tha driver's time......let's be generous and say 12/hr all in......you gotta save 19 bucks just to break even - and that doesn't consider the opportunity loss of not being able to sell that hour.....

 

[Maryland Patriot]

I think we should raise the federal tax on a gallon of gas/diesel by about 10 cents, with that going toward road infrastructure not towards any mass transit or research into new cars.

A state can do that itself.

Your state can raise their fuel tax to help maintain roads within their own state, and the Federal Government make enough!

When Maryland did it I would just drive over to Virginia and fill the tanks on the truck.

When you live in Texas it is a little harder to do.

I guess it is if you have to travel two days to fill up. LOL
I can be in Virginia in about 30 minutes if I go at the right time of day, 5 hours if its during rush hour

I live in Texas and to make it to the next state it is a few hours away, and would cost me half of a tank to get there, so no dice there...

I have a 40 gallon tank in the truck, and a 90 gallon auxiliary tank in the bed. I leave the station with 130 gallons every time. I then use the 90 to refill my truck and my wifes Jetta TDI. For me its worth it.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Raise the tax.. it will never be enough. They'll be squawking in a year about infrastructure and more green initiative.

The progressive lefties are loons for the most part. All their schemes are failures, yet they look at them and see success.

 

[Maryland Patriot]

I think we should raise the federal tax on a gallon of gas/diesel by about 10 cents, with that going toward road infrastructure not towards any mass transit or research into new cars.

A state can do that itself.

Your state can raise their fuel tax to help maintain roads within their own state, and the Federal Government make enough!

When Maryland did it I would just drive over to Virginia and fill the tanks on the truck.

When you live in Texas it is a little harder to do.

I guess it is if you have to travel two days to fill up. LOL
I can be in Virginia in about 30 minutes if I go at the right time of day, 5 hours if its during rush hour

30 minutes.....let's say that's 20 miles each way........in a vehicle (truck) getting about 12 miles to the gallon......

You are burning 3.33 gallons to fill up......let's say that's about 7 bucks......then you've got tha driver's time......let's be generous and say 12/hr all in......you gotta save 19 bucks just to break even - and that doesn't consider the opportunity loss of not being able to sell that hour.....

my truck is diesel and on the highway running without a load I get 20 to 24 mpg. I get better than 12 pulling my 13,000 lb travel trailer.