As the war in Iran pushes U.S. gas prices toward $4 a gallon nationally, some lawmakers are pushing to suspend the federal gasoline tax in the latest attempt to try to control surging energy costs.
Lawmakers say the action would provide much-needed relief for families and businesses that rely on their cars and trucks to get to work and school and run everyday errands.
Asked about the gas tax at a Cabinet meeting Thursday, Donald Trump said he has “thought about” suspending it but suggested states should consider suspending their fuel taxes.
This is building a great case for america to
- Invest in better public transit infrastructure
- Adopt EVs even faster
- Make biking a safer transportation choice for everyone
But…
It won’t.
Adopt EVs even faster
GOP are working hard against that attempting to add new annual taxes on EV usage.
How about we tax the producers of the gas instead of the consumers? Same gas tax, but it comes from the rich fat cats who can afford it. The oil companies have a fuck ton of money and all the do is lobby and leech off government resources.
Less funding for crumbling highways, bridges, and roads. But keep driving! We won’t rethink public transit or automotive dependency. We won’t spend the money more wisely or make transportation more efficient. Nope, keep feeding the gas dependence to justify more oil wars!
They killed any kind of renewable push and now it’s biting them in the ass hard.
Working out real well for oil execs and investors.
I think the point is, they should stop double dipping… the profits they’re making from the war should go to the roads so the people can continue to go to work and keep supporting the system. They’re totally not going to stop double dipping, but that’s what the point is, that they should stop double dipping.
Also, do federal taxes pay for roads or just state/local? What federal agency works on roads? I always thought they were state run.
Federal government gives money to the states for those highway projects.
The right lines are going up and down.
$0.184 a gallon.
So that $5.00 price I saw the other day would be $4.816. Not a significant improvement. Even losing my states $0.40 tax would make it $4.416.
still half the price petrol has been in any normal country for years, lol
If only there was an alternative fuel source for vehicles that we were in the middle of investing in that may have paid off in situations like this.
A shame that doesn’t exist.
Situations like… Going to war to keep the petro dollar fueled?
What’s crazy is this was 100% predictable. Shit, YouTuber RealLifeLore did a video titled “What happens if Iran blocks the strait of Hormuz” like 5 years ago.
So it’s like yeah we stopped EV industry because we want to support big oil. Big oil requires we go to war in the middle east. Going to war in the middle east invariably raises oil prices.
I guess what I’m saying is “too bad no EVs to save us right now” is the least infuriating part. We don’t have EVs because we are raising oil prices.
It’s insane.
It’s $6 in California; I’ve heard it’s more expensive here, too, as it is refined more and better for engine.
It’s possibly that, but also taxes and additional transport.
Wow. We have not even begun to see the deficit spending apparently. talk about go brrrr. go brrrrrr indeed.
What are your fuel costs normally? Because 99p per litre of the most expensive diesel there is a fucking steal.
Americans have dirt cheap gas, it’s one of the reasons they have the giant fuel inefficient trucks and SUVs everywhere. Of course they’re pissed gas has gotten more expensive when their cars eat up 10 liters of gas per 100km.
Thanks to conservative identity politics and their “trucks are for REAL men” bullshit thats been going on a few decades its actually way worse than 10l/100km thats like 23mpg. Those big trucks are more like 16l/100km. All for folks who just commute in those monstrous things. And its not at all uncommon to see the luxury trims that run $80-$100k
Conservatives love their gender affirming trucks
Seems like 0.80 USD/litre is about the average in USA and it has “soared” to 1.05. Here in Denmark it’s currently at 2.50 and before the Iran war it was at 2.10 $/L
So I wholly agree, that’s a steal any day
