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Raise gas tax, not sales tax!!!

June 12, 2009 By dcsurfer

The revenue will pretty much come from the same people (us), but to the extent our share of the burden shifts, it would shift from people that don't drive much, and towards the people that drive too much.   And it would shift the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gas-tax, sales-tax

Chickens on the Hill Clucking About Taxes

April 27, 2009 By massmarrier

Cross-post note: This appears at Marry in Massachusetts. For one example, look at our collapsing bridge and road infrastructure. Had the legislature raised the revenue decades ago and a decade ago to fix them, the solutions were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deleo, deval-patrick, gas-tax, income-tax, massachusetts, sales-tax, taxes

30 cents, 2 cents a month, and a razor

April 15, 2009 By Avi Green

The time has come.  Reform is moving -- with strong initial steps that need to be strengthened even further in conference committee.  Time to take a razor to waste.  But without revenue to fix a transportation mess 20 years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gas-tax, transportation

Should We Move to New Hampshire?

March 6, 2009 By leo

The New Hampshire House just voted to raise the gas tax by 15 cents!!!! From the Union-Leader: CONCORD - The New Hampshire House yesterday voted to raise the state's gasoline tax by five cents in each of the next three years. The measure, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gas-tax, taxachusetts

Governor Patrick’s remarks at today’s Springfield hearing will be streamed live

March 4, 2009 By michael-forbes-wilcox

Governor Patrick's remarks at today's hearing will be streamed live at the Channel 22 (Springfield) web site. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gas-tax, governor, patrick, transportation

Who Is Out of Touch on the Gas Tax?

March 3, 2009 By leo

Today's Globe reports that a coalition of Massachusetts business groups is pushing for a 25-cent increase in the state gas tax.  This is great news for all who care about repairing our state's crumbling transportation infrastructure, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bobby-haynes, gas-tax, mass.-afl-cio, steven-baddour

Massachusetts Should Run on Dunkin’ (Gas Tax = One Cup of Coffee a Week)

March 2, 2009 By bmass

One of the on-going challenges of having any kind of debate in this state is that people have a LOT of trouble with numbers.   We have seen this recently with the gas tax.   I have been writing about this on Facebook (but this is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cup-of-coffee, dunkin-donuts, gas-tax, innumeracy

Governor Patricks March 1st speech in Chicopee

March 1, 2009 By michael-galvagni

I attended the Hampden County Deputy Sheriffs Association Breakfast today (March 1st) where Governor Patrick spoke.  He is well aware of the regional grievances that are often spoken about from residents of Western MA.  He said … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gas-tax, transportation

Community Values and the Gas Tax

February 26, 2009 By judy-meredith

While this debate is really about what kind of government we want and how should we pay for it most of the press including the Globe only seem to cover the anti gas tax outrage, which usually boils down to "I'm not ready to support the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-values, gas-tax

50-cent gas-tax proposal — one thumb up, one thumb down

January 14, 2009 By Sean

Currently, tolls allocate in one-dimension only, the physical realm: they have an impact on which road a person takes. The tolls on the turnpike cause some drivers to avoid the pike for local roads. The quite reasonable fear that toll hikes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gas-tax, turnpike

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