50 cent tax on gallon of gas

[kat8585]

This is not surprising. He's a liberal Democrat. This is taste of what we will get with Clinton or Obama and a Dem congress. BEWARE!!

Michigan Congressman Wants 50-Cent Tax Hike on Every Gallon of Gas

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

A Michigan congressman wants to put a 50-cent tax on every gallon of gasoline to try to cut back on Americans' consumption.

Polls show that a majority of Americans support policies that would reduce greenhouse gases. But when it comes to paying for it, it's a different story.

Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., wants to help cut consumption with a gas tax but some don't agree with the idea, according to a new poll by the National Center for Public Policy Research.

The poll, scheduled to be released on Thursday, shows 48 percent don't support paying even a penny more, 28 percent would pay up to 50 cents more, 10 percent would pay more than 50 cents and 8 percent would pay more than a dollar.

"I don't want to pay more, I don't think anyone wants to," said Karen Deacon, a motorist.

"I think that wouldn't make any sense," said Frankie Hoe, a motorist. "Ugh ... who's making the money from all this and where is that money going? Is it going to go green? I don't see any green things anywhere."

The automobile is the nation's biggest polluter; Americans use more gas than the next 20 countries combined.

Some environmentalists and economists say pain at the pump may be bad for Americans, but good medicine for a sick planet.

But others say it wouldn't change much. Even if Americans abandoned their cars, global emissions would fall by less than one percent.

"A tax on gas is a way to reduce dependence on import oil, reduce traffic congrestion and reduce carbon emissions," said Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute.

The Earth Policy Institute proposes raising the gas tax 30 cents per gallon each year over a decade and offset with a reduction of income taxes, Brown said.

David Ridenour, vice president of the National Center for Public Policy Research, said the proposal wouldn't help long term.

"I think when you are talking about raising gas prices, there may be short-term reduction, put off vacations, but bottom line is over long term, that isn't going to have much of an effect," Ridenour said.

While Dingell's idea will likely lie dormant until after the 2008 election, the idea of carbon taxes is not. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain all support some type of system that either directly or indirectly will raise prices to penalize polluters.

FOX News' William La Jeunesse contributed to this report.

[refugepsa91]

Yepp, thats michigan dems for ya!

Increased income tax, largest increase ever in Michigan.

Implements a SBT (single business tax) (which in turn caused business owner personal property tax to more than double)

Property taxes are now based on inflation NOT what your home is worth. (still haven't been able to wrap my mind around this one)

Want to raise sales tax.

Hiked up the so called "sin tax" on cigs....not alchohol...go figure that one out....

Roads are terrible here....none are getting fixed because they say they can't afford it...and we are gonna have to pay more...

over 395,000 moved out of Michigan

over 400,000 jobs lost

over 90,000 homes in foreclosure.....and going up

Unemployment benefits are usually always denied....the poor person has to go through a process that takes up to 6-8 months...by then, most times its too late

I could go on...but I would depress myself.....

[Physicsfreak]

That isn't creative! We have that a long time here already. It is called "het kwartje van Kok"

[Guest LadyC]

anyone know off hand what the current national gas tax is? it would also be interesting to find out how much state gas tax is tacked on, but that's a lot of states.

if the government really wants to help lower and middle class citizens, they need to cut the gas tax. it seems like i recall hearing that something like 1/3 of the price of gas is actually lining the government's pockets.

[kat8585]

I don't understand why diesel is higher than premium, when it used to be lower than regular. How do you truckers do it, Butero?

[kat8585]

I don't understand why diesel is higher than premium, when it used to be lower than regular. How do you truckers do it, Butero?

Independent truckers are being put out of business. I am a company driver, and they pass the costs along to the consumers.

The reason why Diesel is so high is because environmentalists were able to get a law passed that reduced the amount of sulpher. This idiotic law couldn't have come at a worse time, because it has driven the price of diesel up to over $4 per gallon in some places. It is not like we had some kind of environmental crisis taking place. We have been using the same type of diesel fuel for years, but just when we are already dealing with increased prices, they slap us with something to raise them further. This will not only effect truckers, but it will effect the price you pay on everything you buy.

Let me guess. Liberal environmental wack-os?

[Ovedya]

In most states the price of gas already contains as much as 30% in taxes!

What makes this nutjob think that increasing taxes will cut consumption? People need to fuel their cars to get to work!

[nebula]

The odd thing is our economy's problems began when gas prices went up.

The housing market began suffering on account of this. I heard this from a real estate agent I met at a church picnic not long after the beginning of the housing crisis began. After sharing the troubles she and others were having, I asked what might be causing this, and she replied that the only factor any of them could figure it would be was the rise in gas prices.

Everything wrong with our economy has snowballed since then.

So why are they making gas prices even higher? Are they trying to kill the economy?

[refugepsa91]

I know here in MI, alot are losing their homes due to the property tax also....heres how MI works:

You buy a home....looking at the property taxes on the sellers disclosure you see the State Equalized Value is 89,000 and the Taxable Value is 44,000....

You have your property taxes put into escrow (included in your house payment)

The year after buying your home...MI uncaps your property taxes because your a "new" owner and no longer benefit from a tax cap...so now based on what the SEV and TV was the year you bought it...here is what your new tax bill looks like...SEV 89,000 TV 89,000...poor people, their taxes more than doubled, which in turn upped their house payment by 200-400 per month...

On top of the gas prices what is a person to do?

[Guest LadyC]

and yet they want to repeal bush's tax cut, they object to the tax rebate, and they point their grubby little fingers at bush for the economy.

butero.... mark once told me that the whole thing with diesel fuel costing more than gasoline is absurd, because it costs far less to produce diesel. funny how it's so much higher. what's wrong with this picture? EVERYTHING.

this country could not survive without the trucking industry. we are totally dependant on truckers. it's a shame that ya'll don't get the credit or respect you deserve.