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Another push to increase Michigan's 34 cent gas taxBy Republican Michigander, Section News
I normally agree with the Chamber and personally like a lot of the people there. I also know that many of their members are road builders, and that accounts for their view on this issue, the gas tax. I also disagree with them 100% on this gimmicky, left-wing so called solution to the roads.
Once again, this whole gas tax push is based on a false premise. The false premise is that only the gas tax can fund roads. Every single so called plan I have seen is based on that false premise. Every single advocacy for the tax is based on that. It's crap. I'm not going to rehash the arguments. I've done that about seven times already and nothing has changed. I last wrote about this in January when Rep. Dick Ball pushed for this More below the fold
Here's the other write ups I've done on this topic, going back to 2007.
The media LIED here.
The gas tax is NOT 19 cents a gallon. That is BS. When I go to the pump, I don't pay 19 cents to the state of Michigan. Currently, the price is around $2.79 a gallon here. The Michigan taxes on gasoline amount to 34 cents a gallon, at this amount. No, not 19 cents, like the media likes to say. 34 cents. 34 cents of every gallon paid goes to the State of Michigan. That's the tax. The tax pushers want us to pay 43 cents a gallon, plus more in registration fees. We need to make sure that this push is defeated, and we make proper budget restructuring to fix the roads instead of a BS gimmick based on the false assumption that the gas tax, and only the gas tax, can pay for transportation.
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Related Links+ From the Free Press+ when Rep. Dick Ball pushed for this + Transporta tion tax passes committee - December 2009 + Ken Sikkema pushes for gas tax - August 2009 + Mike Crane pushes for gas tax - June 2009 + Flint Journal - May 2009 + Peter Luke's one of several articles advocating for the gas tax - April 2009 + November 2008 - Lansing insiders + Granholm and Gilbert - January 2008 + October 2007 + Also by Republican Michigander |