N.J. Legislature passes 23-cent gas tax hike, road funding plan

[rangerrebew]

N.J. Legislature passes 23-cent gas tax hike, road funding plan
 
on October 07, 2016 at 1:35 PM, updated October 08, 2016 at 7:59 AM

Update: See how your legislator voted

TRENTON — New Jersey is poised to lose its claim to the second-lowest gas taxes in the nation.

The state Legislature on Friday passed legislation raising the tax on gasoline sold in New Jersey by 23 cents a gallon, the centerpiece of a controversial tax package that also includes $1.4 billion in tax cuts.

As part of the deal, lawmakers voted to give a tax break for people with pension and retirement income, low-income workers and veterans. In addition, they voted to eliminate the estate tax over the next 15 months and roll back the sales tax slightly.

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/10/nj_senate_passes_23-cent_gas_tax_road_funding_plan.html#incart_2box_nj-homepage-featured

[geronl]

insane

[Fishrrman]

Governor Christie seems to be onboard with this.

My guess is that he's not planning on running again...

[Oceander]

Idiots.  Now they'll be coming across the Hudson from NJ to buy gas instead of going the other way.  Methinks the gas stations on the Jersey side of the Holland Tunnel will be going out of business within the next six months or so.

[bob434]

VT is set to pass a carbon tax that wil raise gasoline 80 cents a gallon which will cost roughly an extra $15 dollars per fill up and heating oil will cost $500 extra per tank fillup- all because 0.00136% of our atmosphere has CO2 in it- which by the way they offer NO proof that such a small % of atmosphere is capable of retaining heat in large enough quantities to cause global climate change-

[Gefn]

N.J. Legislature passes 23-cent gas tax hike, road funding plan


TRENTON — New Jersey is poised to lose its claim to the second-lowest gas taxes in the nation.


As part of the deal, lawmakers voted to give a tax break for people with pension and retirement income, low-income workers and veterans. In addition, they voted to eliminate the estate tax over the next 15 months and roll back the sales tax slightly.

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/10/nj_senate_passes_23-cent_gas_tax_road_funding_plan.html#incart_2box_nj-homepage-featured

Here's the thing. Everyone I know personally is HAPPY about this because of the tax breaks I've highlighted.

Crazy.