Panel Urges Gas Tax Increase
Published: January 7, 2009
CLEVELAND—A state task force is recommending that Ohio’s 28 cents per gallon fuel tax be increased by 13 cents to raise more money for the state’s transportation needs.
The panel also is calling for a state constitutional amendment to allow gas tax revenue to pay for waterway and transit system improvements, in addition to the highway and bridge construction the money now goes toward.
And, the 62-member task force made up of government and business officials says the state should consider hiking vehicle registration and driver’s license fees by $1 each to raise even more transportation revenue.
A spokesman for Gov. Ted Strickland says the governor appreciates the panel’s work but doesn’t think a tax increase is the best idea in the middle of a recession.
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How many dump trucks full of bricks need to be dropped on these intelligent people’s heads before they realize that at this point in history people cannot afford the extra expense these committees think they need to fund their pet projects. We are already being tripled dipped for money for every service provided to us from utilities to every local,state and federal goverment services provided, The people that are fortunate enough to still have a job all need to quit working and let our goverments bear all the expense of taking care of the people since they already end up with the majority of our earned wages.
Great… Why dont we tax fast food? They still get the money they need while America makes the choise to lose weight or not.
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