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Obama Calls for Extension of Gas Tax to Fund Highway Construction, Repair
Published August 31, 2011
FoxNews.com
President Obama called on Congress Wednesday to pass a transportation funding bill that includes an extension of the federal gas tax, claiming the move would protect about 1 million jobs.
At issue is the renewal of a transportation spending bill that expires Sept. 30.
"That's just not acceptable. It's inexcusable," he said.
Though the president describes the proposal as a transportation bill, its key component is the federal gas tax, which has been 18.4 cents per gallon for nearly two decades. The money is used to fund road construction and repair, as well as other projects -- the tax costs Americans an average of $100 a year.
The call for renewal comes as gas prices remain high -- the national average for a gallon of regular is about $3.62, a dollar more than a year ago. Some conservatives want to allow states, not the federal government, to raise and spend the gas tax money.
(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)
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Well, is that a tax increase, or isn't it?
Recall that when Obama was campaigning (before the 2008 election I mean), he said repeatedly that there would be no tax increases on anyone making less than $200K/yr, during his administration. And he still maintains this is true.
When people pointed out that he was pushing for letting the Bush tax cuts expire, and that taxes WOULD go up on the people he mentioned during his administration if this happened, he replied that those taxes were scheduled to do that by the people who had passed them. So it wasn't really a "tax increase under his administration", it was just taxes doing what the people before him had mandated them to do.
If that's so, then wouldn't Obama's calling for the Federal Gas Tax to be extended (instead of expiring as it was mandated long ago) be a "tax increase during his administration"?
You can't have it both ways, Mr. President.
Which is it? Are the Bush tax cuts expiring as scheduled, a tax increase under you?
Or is your extending the Federal Gas Tax beyond its scheduled expiration, a tax increase under you?
Obama Calls for Extension of Gas Tax to Fund Highway Construction, Repair
Published August 31, 2011
FoxNews.com
President Obama called on Congress Wednesday to pass a transportation funding bill that includes an extension of the federal gas tax, claiming the move would protect about 1 million jobs.
At issue is the renewal of a transportation spending bill that expires Sept. 30.
"That's just not acceptable. It's inexcusable," he said.
Though the president describes the proposal as a transportation bill, its key component is the federal gas tax, which has been 18.4 cents per gallon for nearly two decades. The money is used to fund road construction and repair, as well as other projects -- the tax costs Americans an average of $100 a year.
The call for renewal comes as gas prices remain high -- the national average for a gallon of regular is about $3.62, a dollar more than a year ago. Some conservatives want to allow states, not the federal government, to raise and spend the gas tax money.
(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)
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Well, is that a tax increase, or isn't it?
Recall that when Obama was campaigning (before the 2008 election I mean), he said repeatedly that there would be no tax increases on anyone making less than $200K/yr, during his administration. And he still maintains this is true.
When people pointed out that he was pushing for letting the Bush tax cuts expire, and that taxes WOULD go up on the people he mentioned during his administration if this happened, he replied that those taxes were scheduled to do that by the people who had passed them. So it wasn't really a "tax increase under his administration", it was just taxes doing what the people before him had mandated them to do.
If that's so, then wouldn't Obama's calling for the Federal Gas Tax to be extended (instead of expiring as it was mandated long ago) be a "tax increase during his administration"?
You can't have it both ways, Mr. President.
Which is it? Are the Bush tax cuts expiring as scheduled, a tax increase under you?
Or is your extending the Federal Gas Tax beyond its scheduled expiration, a tax increase under you?