(02-16-2018, 10:58 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(02-16-2018, 07:10 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I would ask those of you who are against this gas tax increase, the following questions:

1) Are you in favor of Trump's proposed trillion dollar infrastructure plan?  

2) How would you pay for such a proposal?

1. It would be nice if you could find a way of paying for it without raising taxes on the poor. 

2. Legalize weed nation wide and tax the crap out of it.

3. Cut excessive and unneeded spending by the military.

I like this plan much better than a gas tax.

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(02-16-2018, 01:07 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(02-16-2018, 10:58 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: 1. It would be nice if you could find a way of paying for it without raising taxes on the poor. 

2. Legalize weed nation wide and tax the crap out of it.

3. Cut excessive and unneeded spending by the military.

Why do the poor get off Scott free? With no skin in the game they only have incentive to empower those who promise to keep them that way. That's why Income Tax reform doesn't matter to the 50% of the population who currently pay NO income taxes. Make them feel the pain of their vote.

I don't think the poor should get off scott free, but passing a tax that disproportionately hurts the poor isn't a good thing IMO. And even even if the fuel charge is on diesel (which really should be the only fuel getting a tax raise as big rigs do the majority of damage to our roads while only paying 30-35% of taxes), it will still get passed on in the form of higher food cost etc. Maybe I could get behind that if they took away the ethanol mandate, but I think we know they won't.

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