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Paul Ryan: 'We're not going to raise gas taxes'
« on: March 08, 2018, 05:10:09 pm »
Paul Ryan: 'We're not going to raise gas taxes'
by Josh Siegel | Mar 8, 2018, 11:58 AM

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday night the Republican-led Congress won’t raise the federal gas tax to pay for President Trump’s infrastructure plan, seemingly putting the idea to rest.

“Well, we’re not going to raise gas taxes, so I don’t foresee that as a problem,” the Wisconsin Republican said during a telephone town hall with Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips. “We’re just not going to do that here. There are some people who are talking about that, but the last thing we want to do is pass historic tax relief in December and then undo that, so we are not going to raise gas taxes.”

Americans for Prosperity, a conservative political group aligned with oil men Charles and David Koch, has been lobbying Congress to oppose a gas tax increase. The Republican-aligned Chamber of Commerce, meanwhile, has endorsed a hike.

The tax, which has not been increased in 25 years, is 18.4 cents for gasoline and 24.4 cents for diesel.

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Re: Paul Ryan: 'We're not going to raise gas taxes'
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2018, 09:12:20 pm »
Kills two unnecessary birds with one stone.  Works for me.
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Re: Paul Ryan: 'We're not going to raise gas taxes'
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2018, 09:16:08 pm »
The first sentence of paragraph three was all you needed to know.
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Re: Paul Ryan: 'We're not going to raise gas taxes'
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2018, 12:33:02 am »
Wonder of the day.

Ryan saying something coherently and conservatively.

Will there be any repeats in the future?
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Re: Paul Ryan: 'We're not going to raise gas taxes'
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2018, 12:40:38 am »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on March 09, 2018, 12:33:02 am
Wonder of the day.

Ryan saying something coherently and conservatively.

Will there be any repeats in the future?


I think he’s found it quite easy to not do something.
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Re: Paul Ryan: 'We're not going to raise gas taxes'
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2018, 04:05:41 am »
   If any of you Briefers would have tried to convince me that Ryan or Mitch would act like the Constitutional check they were endowed to be, sane voices against the stupid stuff Trump tries to do (Gas Tax, Tariffs), I would have certainly inquired into the quality of your stash.  But here we are.
   
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Re: Paul Ryan: 'We're not going to raise gas taxes'
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2018, 04:10:55 am »
Quote from: corbe on March 09, 2018, 04:05:41 am
   If any of you Briefers would have tried to convince me that Ryan or Mitch would act like the Constitutional check they were endowed to be, sane voices against the stupid stuff Trump tries to do (Gas Tax, Tariffs), I would have certainly inquired into the quality of your stash.  But here we are.
 

 :amen: @corbe!  And I would have joined you in the questioning!
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Re: Paul Ryan: 'We're not going to raise gas taxes'
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2018, 04:16:32 am »
Quote from: corbe on March 09, 2018, 04:05:41 am
If any of you Briefers would have tried to convince me that Ryan or Mitch would act like the Constitutional check they were endowed to be, sane voices against the stupid stuff Trump tries to do (Gas Tax, Tariffs), I would have certainly inquired into the quality of your stash.  But here we are.


They held out for a little more than a year, I suppose.  From the transition period.

http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/theres-no-love-for-trumps-tariffs-from-house-republicans/article/2608980
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