Democrats Want To Raise Federal Gas Tax

[22lcidw]

This idea has floated around for years, I can't believe they haven't come up with a solution until now.

It's in Biden's infrastructure bill.

August 6 2021
Nestled inside the 2,702-page text is Section 13002, titled "National motor vehicle per-mile user fee pilot." That pretty much covers the meat and potatoes of this section's purpose: piloting a program that would tax drivers based on their annual mileage rather than at the pump.

The idea behind this tax isn't without merit. The federal fuel tax has remained stagnant at 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993, and it hasn't been adjusted to account for more fuel-efficient vehicles, nor for inflation, which would place the tax at around 34 cents per gallon today. As alternatively powered vehicles like electric cars make up more of what's on the road today, drivers of fossil-fueled cars will pay an unproportionate amount of taxes to use the same asphalt.

The fuel tax and practically every other tax designed for roads and bridges and infrastructure with licenses and car registrations at all levels of government are put into general funds. So the roads and bridges are short changed. The interstate system of roads needs to be maximized and upgrades are needed. If we separate as a nation then we can regionalize those upgrades. That inflation is mostly of the Fiat Currency.

 

[Maxdeath]

Maybe we should tax Tesla drivers more. Lol

Problem is no one is taxing them at all.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

The article is also wrong about state taxes. The article states that "Pennsylvania leads the nation with a 77.1-cent gasoline tax on each gallon sold."

Gas Taxes by State 2024

Garbage article full of lies and falsehoods.

 

[jknowgood]

You RWI's have a problem paying Taxes.
Yes you DO> talking point.

Do you people NOT make enough money?
Or is that you don't want to pay your fair share.

The federal government already gets over 30 cents a gallon. Is that not enough?

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

EDITORIAL: Democrats now want to jack up federal gas tax

In many cases, the rising costs of gasoline are not unconnected to the taxes imposed by the very same politicians who try to gain cheap political points by railing against high fuel costs.

www.reviewjournal.com

Yup, Democrats love to raise taxes

How do you think the Democrats are going to pay for all those illegals, Joe Biteme is placing in those blue cities? Money has to come from somewhere, and since he doesnt give a shit about black people, the future brown Democrat voters need to get their free stuff, so they will vote for the Commies of the Democrats.

 

[Penelope]

Have you been in states like Wyoming and California? I can assure you California which has a much higher state tax are a lot worse.

The state income tax rates range from 1% to 12.3%, and the sales tax rate is 7.25% to 10.75%.

I believe in progressive state tax. here is the sales tax on states. Most main cities have a local tax.

State Sales Tax Rates - Sales Tax Institute

This chart lists the standard state level sales and use tax rates. The range of local taxes is also included as a quick reference. Chart is updated monthly.

www.salestaxinstitute.com

 

[citygator]

I just paid $2.91 for gas. Seems that if omicron keeps people at home republicans will get their cheap gas which only happens in economic bad times. How fondly you remember being locked in your home but seeing $2 gas through your windows.

 

[Maxdeath]

The state income tax rates range from 1% to 12.3%, and the sales tax rate is 7.25% to 10.75%.

I believe in progressive state tax. here is the sales tax on states. Most main cities have a local tax.

State Sales Tax Rates - Sales Tax Institute

This chart lists the standard state level sales and use tax rates. The range of local taxes is also included as a quick reference. Chart is updated monthly.

www.salestaxinstitute.com

You are really going with that seriously? And you wonder why people laugh when you post.
We are talking about tax on fuel. You know gasoline and diesel fuel. Stuff you use to drive a vehicle on highways with. That is a tax imposed by the federal government and state government. It is fixed on every gallon of fuel you purchase. That money is supposed to go toward repairing roads.

 

[Maxdeath]

I just paid $2.91 for gas. Seems that if omicron keeps people at home republicans will get their cheap gas which only happens in economic bad times. How fondly you remember being locked in your home but seeing $2 gas through your windows.

Do not know where you were, maybe China. But here we were never locked in our homes. I have no idea where you bought $2.91 a gallon gas but I never buy the cheapest grade of fuel. Every car I have owned since we became worried about energy efficiency of vehicles has always required a higher octane then the cheap stuff.

 

[citygator]

Do not know where you were, maybe China. But here we were never locked in our homes. I have no idea where you bought $2.91 a gallon gas but I never buy the cheapest grade of fuel. Every car I have owned since we became worried about energy efficiency of vehicles has always required a higher octane then the cheap stuff.

I have a mint 2011 in spectacular shape. It runs on the bad stuff. Regardless moron it’s all relative. Extrapolate if you know what that means.

 

[Maxdeath]

I have a mint 2011 in spectacular shape. It runs on the bad stuff. Regardless moron it’s all relative. Extrapolate if you know what that means.

Good for you you managed to get the standard left name calling in. Do you expect to act like a young child all your life?
So you believe that because your car runs on cheap low octane fuel that everyone’s does? Because you found one place that sells cheap fuel it is the same across the US? Because as you claimed you were locked away everyone else was? Because you saw cheap gas everyone else did? I will guarantee that they did not see that in California.
So exactly where is your argument for a higher fuel tax in anything you wrote?

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

You RWI's have a problem paying Taxes.
Yes you DO> talking point.

Do you people NOT make enough money?
Or is that you don't want to pay your fair share.

Left Wing Kooks never hold politicians accountable for our tax dollars.

Always want to give them more of our money> yes you DO.

 

[citygator]

Good for you you managed to get the standard left name calling in. Do you expect to act like a young child all your life?
So you believe that because your car runs on cheap low octane fuel that everyone’s does? Because you found one place that sells cheap fuel it is the same across the US? Because as you claimed you were locked away everyone else was? Because you saw cheap gas everyone else did? I will guarantee that they did not see that in California.
So exactly where is your argument for a higher fuel tax in anything you wrote?

There is no movement from the left to raise gas taxes. Some right wing dude wrote an opinion stating that the left has to propose doubling gas taxes. That’s not in Biden’s platform or agenda. The BBB bill has no gasoline taxes although I think a natural gas impact is in there. Won’t pass though

Hell 2 years ago I read an article claiming if we elect a democrat gas tax will be $13 a gallon. Anyone can print a bad opinion and fool fools.

Gasoline Prices Under the Green New Deal Would Reach $13 per Gallon

Many of the Democrats running for President in 2020 support the Green New Deal that was introduced by Representative Alexandra…

www.instituteforenergyresearch.org

So what is this thread about?

 

[Smokin' OP]

Taxes are high enough already

but the federal government spends too much

I agree.

December 15 2021
The National Defense Authorization Act, the annual defense bill that authorizes $770 billion in funding for the Defense Department, passed the Senate on Wednesday.

The legislation passed the House earlier this month meaning it now goes to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign it into law. The final vote total was 88-11.

"I've talked for weeks about the importance of this legislation given the global threats and international challenges that face our country from China to Russia to the fight against terrorists in the Middle East," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, said Wednesday ahead of the final vote, noting he proudly backs the bill.

First of all it is not implemented nor is it likely to be. Second most taxes go into the general fund which means that the increased tax I would pay would most likely go into some democrat spending plan thatI do not agree with, such as flying illegal aliens around the country.
So no I am not in favor of taxes being raised because I do not want to pay for more democrat spending while others pay less or non.

First of all it is not implemented nor is it likely to be.

First off, yes it has.

November 15 2021
President Biden signed a law that will upgrade the nation’s infrastructure, including improved public transportation and increased access to broadband internet, on Nov. 15. The legislation will help many older Americans stay better connected to their communities, both in person and online.

Both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives passed the legislation with strong bipartisan support. The Senate voted 69-30 in August to pass the bill, known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The House voted 228-206 in favor of the bill on Nov. 5.

This measure is one of two major pieces of legislation being pushed by the Biden administration. The other — the Build Back Better bill — is still awaiting a vote in the House before it moves to the Senate.

Second most taxes go into the general fund which means that the increased tax

Highway and road taxes do no such thing.

I would pay would most likely go into some democrat spending plan thatI do not agree with, such as flying illegal aliens around the country.

No, they don't, they rent Italian satellites and implant chips in RIFD vaccines.

So no I am not in favor of taxes being raised because I do not want to pay for more democrat spending while others pay less or non.

I don't either.

“The only years that anybody’s ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license, and they showed he didn’t pay any federal income tax,” Clinton said.

Trump quickly retorted: “That makes me smart.”

 

[Smokin' OP]

Left Wing Kooks never hold politicians accountable for our tax dollars.

Always want to give them more of our money> yes you DO.

I know.

Since taking office on Jan. 20, 2017, Mr. Trump has reportedly been on the grounds of his golf courses or played golf elsewhere 308 times since becoming President, and that's as of Dec. 30, 2020.

Cost to taxpayer $144,000,000.

March 22 2020
The White House on Sunday reportedly refused to back down from its demand that a coronavirus relief package include $500 billion, which would be provided to corporations at the discretion of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
That the bill would permit the Treasury secretary to withhold the names of corporate recipients for up to six months.

June 11 2020
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to keep secret the names of the businesses that have received more than $500 billion in COVID-19 bailout funds through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), claiming the information is “confidential.”

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

I know.

Since taking office on Jan. 20, 2017, Mr. Trump has reportedly been on the grounds of his golf courses or played golf elsewhere 308 times since becoming President, and that's as of Dec. 30, 2020.

Cost to taxpayer $144,000,000.

March 22 2020
The White House on Sunday reportedly refused to back down from its demand that a coronavirus relief package include $500 billion, which would be provided to corporations at the discretion of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
That the bill would permit the Treasury secretary to withhold the names of corporate recipients for up to six months.

June 11 2020
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to keep secret the names of the businesses that have received more than $500 billion in COVID-19 bailout funds through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), claiming the information is “confidential.”

What’s funny is you think you’ve made a point here.

 

[Polishprince]

EDITORIAL: Democrats now want to jack up federal gas tax

In many cases, the rising costs of gasoline are not unconnected to the taxes imposed by the very same politicians who try to gain cheap political points by railing against high fuel costs.

www.reviewjournal.com

Yup, Democrats love to raise taxes

They do indeed.

But there idea isn't to increase government revenues.

Their hope is to destroy the mobility of the Great American Middle Class.

They really despise the suburbs and the exurbs, people having their own mini-estates cruising around in their SUV's, paying their kids tuition and orthodontic bills, etc.

They really want the common people to jam into densely populated, failed inner cities where they rule the roost and control people's movement through bus schedules. Where they are dependent on liberal politicians and must obey them.

 

[Maxdeath]

I agree.

December 15 2021
The National Defense Authorization Act, the annual defense bill that authorizes $770 billion in funding for the Defense Department, passed the Senate on Wednesday.

The legislation passed the House earlier this month meaning it now goes to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign it into law. The final vote total was 88-11.

"I've talked for weeks about the importance of this legislation given the global threats and international challenges that face our country from China to Russia to the fight against terrorists in the Middle East," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, said Wednesday ahead of the final vote, noting he proudly backs the bill.



First off, yes it has.

November 15 2021
President Biden signed a law that will upgrade the nation’s infrastructure, including improved public transportation and increased access to broadband internet, on Nov. 15. The legislation will help many older Americans stay better connected to their communities, both in person and online.

Both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives passed the legislation with strong bipartisan support. The Senate voted 69-30 in August to pass the bill, known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The House voted 228-206 in favor of the bill on Nov. 5.

This measure is one of two major pieces of legislation being pushed by the Biden administration. The other — the Build Back Better bill — is still awaiting a vote in the House before it moves to the Senate.


Highway and road taxes do no such thing.

No, they don't, they rent Italian satellites and implant chips in RIFD vaccines.

I don't either.

“The only years that anybody’s ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license, and they showed he didn’t pay any federal income tax,” Clinton said.

Trump quickly retorted: “That makes me smart.”

Let me make this rather simple for you. If taxes are raised on fuel that not only man’s that those of us paying at the pump are paying a higher price for supposed road maintenance, while those with ev‘s are now getting even more of a break. it also means that truckers and trucking companies are paying more to move goods. They are not going to just eat that higher cost. They are going to pass it on. Those companies are not going to eat that higher cost so they will pass it on to the consumer. So now I am not only paying more for fuel but also for everything elseI buy.
I do have to give it to you you are the only person I know of that is claiming that satellites are reading chips in vaccines. But thank you for providing a laugh at your expense.

 

[Unkotare]

What is only too obvious is that the democrats want to make operating an internal combustion automobile so expensive that consumers will 'choose' to buy electric vehicles. The democrats are so sure they know better than individual Americans what they should drive and how they should live that they will use any prod they can get away with. Now, they know they have to do as much damage as they can before the mid term elections.

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

You RWI's have a problem paying Taxes.
Yes you DO> talking point.

Do you people NOT make enough money?
Or is that you don't want to pay your fair share.

When is the "fair share" ever enough for tou Democrat lemmings