More states weigh pausing gas taxes before Election Day as diesel prices spike
Analysts say a two-month suspension would save drivers about $25 while cutting state revenue by more than $120 million.
- Democratic incumbent Governor Maura Healey proposed a two-month gas tax suspension, while Republican nominee Mike Minogue proposed suspending the levy whenever fuel prices exceed $4 per gallon.
- Both candidates seek political points during a campaign season defined by affordability concerns, despite Massachusetts facing projections of over $120 million in lost transportation revenue.
- Economists estimate drivers receive only about 72 percent of the tax benefit, with the rest going to suppliers. Losing $120 million mirrors the annual funding for regional transit authorities, roughly $97 million.
- The administration proposed using "surplus" millionaires tax revenue to offset losses, but critics characterize this as a "shell game" that shifts money between accounts rather than solving the funding problem.
- Massachusetts failed to build a single electric charging station despite receiving a $64 million federal grant four years ago, remaining a laggard in investments facilitated by the Biden administration's infrastructure bill.
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Suspending the gas tax would be a shortsighted election year stunt - The Mexico Ledger
IT WAS Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the Boston-born associate justice of the Supreme Court, who wrote in 1927 that “taxes are what we pay for civilized society.” When it comes to the state gas tax, this is the price we pay to ensure that we have safe and reliable ways to get where we need to go, with sufficient funding to build, operate, and maintain the essential transportation infrastructure we all depend upon. The current political environment,…
Suspending the gas tax would be a shortsighted election year stunt - Seward Independent
IT WAS Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the Boston-born associate justice of the Supreme Court, who wrote in 1927 that “taxes are what we pay for civilized society.” When it comes to the state gas tax, this is the price we pay to ensure that we have safe and reliable ways to get where we need to go, with sufficient funding to build, operate, and maintain the essential transportation infrastructure we all depend upon. The current political environment,…
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Suspending the gas tax would be a shortsighted election year stunt
The state gas tax is the price we pay to ensure that we have safe and reliable ways to get where we need to go, with sufficient funding to build, operate, and maintain the essential transportation infrastructure we all depend upon.
More states weigh pausing gas taxes before Election Day as diesel prices spike
Since the Iran war sent gas prices soaring, Georgia, Kentucky and Indiana have cut or suspended their gas taxes. Similar proposals are under consideration in Ohio and Massachusetts.
Suspending the gas tax would be a shortsighted election year stunt - Stateline Publications
IT WAS Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the Boston-born associate justice of the Supreme Court, who wrote in 1927 that “taxes are what we pay for civilized society.” When it comes to the state gas tax, this is the price we pay to ensure that we have safe and reliable ways to get where we need to go, with sufficient funding to build, operate, and maintain the essential transportation infrastructure we all depend upon. The current political environment,…
Suspending the gas tax would be a shortsighted election year stunt - Hillsboro Sentry Enterprise
IT WAS Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the Boston-born associate justice of the Supreme Court, who wrote in 1927 that “taxes are what we pay for civilized society.” When it comes to the state gas tax, this is the price we pay to ensure that we have safe and reliable ways to get where we need to go, with sufficient funding to build, operate, and maintain the essential transportation infrastructure we all depend upon. The current political environment,…
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