The left says 'Gas is too cheap!'
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The left says 'Gas is too cheap!'
| Tue, 12-02-2008 - 7:39pm |
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081111/NEWS/811110322&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL
http://www.loudouncountytraffic.com/2008/02/state-senate-votes-to-increase-gas-tax.html
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/proposal_to_increase_state_gas.html
And yes, Michigan too is wanting to raise taxes on gas.

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From your first link:
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081111/NEWS/811110322&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL
(money for roads, but no statement that "gas is too cheap")
From your second link:
http://www.loudouncountytraffic.com/2008/02/state-senate-votes-to-increase-gas-tax.html
Virginia's gas tax hasn't been raised since 1986. Senate Majority Leader Richard L. Saslaw (D-Fairfax) said the tax increase is needed because there is a $390 million shortfall in the part of the budget used to fill potholes, plow snow and otherwise maintain roads.>
(money for roads, but no statement that "gas is too cheap")
Your third link also did not have a statement that ''gas was too cheap" though one of the representatives suggested that money for the roads could come from a combination of tolls and a gas tax hike as long as the gas prices keep going down:
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/proposal_to_increase_state_gas.html
Others, like Adam A. Stearns of Chicopee and state Rep. Ellen Story, D-Amherst, talked about a combination of toll and gasoline tax increases as a possible solution.
"As long as the gas prices keep going down, it would be okay," Stearns said of raising the gasoline tax. "I say raise the tolls, anyway. I never take the pike. I think the whole pike should be tolls."
Sopal
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"no statement that "gas is too cheap")"
Do you think you would've heard all of these states (all blue states btw) rallying to raise gas taxes two months ago?
The thread title is misleading
"The thread title is misleading
My own state (Maryland)
Sopal
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"If states wish to raise gasoline taxes to pay for roads/bridges, that does not translate to (as your thread title suggests) "the left says 'gas is too cheap!"
Sopal
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