Friday, January 09, 2015

Want to see the END of the Republican Party?

The HILL:

Momentum builds in Congress for raising the federal gas tax

AYFKM?????
Record-low gas prices across the U.S. have given rise to fresh talk in Washington of raising the federal gas tax for the first time in over 20 years, with leading Republicans now saying a hike must not be ruled out.
The GOP has long resisted calls from business leaders and others to boost the 18.4 cent-per-gallon tax as a way to pay for upgrades to the nation’s crumbling roads and bridges.
Yet in recent days, senior Senate Republicans have said they want to keep options open and that “nothing is off the table” when weighing the best mechanisms to pay to finance infrastructure projects.
"I just think that option is there, it’s clearly one of the options," said Sen. Inhofe (R-Okla.), new chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the third-ranking Senate Republican, also said they were open to the possibility of raising the tax.
Democratic leaders in both chambers of Congress, meanwhile, declared this week that “now is the time” for an increase.
I will WORK for a 3rd or 4th party in the event the Republican party after saying all they have since Mr. Reagan was president, and Jack Kemp led to an idea, either promulgates such a tax, or allows it to occur.

That’s all there is.

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