It's 2012--It's Just Absurd That We're Still Addicted To Middle-Eastern Oil
In case you missed it, Iran just vowed to close the Strait of Hormuz if the world imposes tighter sanctions on its authoritarian regime.Why does that matter?Because one-sixth of the world's oil supply...
View ArticleGasoline Is The Real Wild Card In This Economy
Of the many risks facing the US economy, the one I find most immediately concerning is the rapidly increasing rise in gas prices. My latest weekly gasoline update showed a 36-cent rise in gas prices,...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIC: Where The Frack Is All Our Gas Money Going?
The average American burns through about 558 gallons per gas per year. But with gas prices hitting $4 per gallon in some parts of the US (with no end in sight), road warriors can expect to spend more...
View ArticleItalians Are Turning To The Black Market For Cheap Gas
Fuel prices in Italy are so high that drivers are turning to the black market to fill up their tanks, Presseurop reports.As originally reported in La Republicca by journalist Andrea Punzo, black market...
View ArticleBOEHNER: No Gas Tax Hike For America
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday he has never voted for an increase in the gas tax and doubted there were enough votes in Congress to pass a...
View ArticleObama's plan to tax offshore corporate profits to pay for roads is a nice...
Let's start with the first and most important thing about President Obama's proposed tax-reform-for-transportation-spending budget: it's not going to happen. That said, the budget the president...
View ArticleThe problem with the gas tax in three charts
A recent U.S. House Ways and Means Committee hearing focused on the long-term sustainability of the nation’s transportation program. Most of the attention went to the federal gasoline tax, its role in...
View ArticleWhy America should start making drivers pay per mile
Oregon’s much-anticipated per-mile driving fee, called OReGO, launches today. Instead of paying the normal gas tax embedded in the price of fuel, OReGO drivers will pay 1.5 cents for every mile on the...
View ArticleTrump says he's willing to raise the gas tax for his massive infrastructure plan
President Donald Trump said Monday he would be open to the idea of raising the federal tax on gasoline to pay for an infrastructure investment during an interview with Bloomberg."It’s something that I...
View ArticleRepublicans may reject a major proposal to pay for Trump's $1.5 trillion...
President Donald Trump rolled out a promise for a $1.5 trillion infrastructure package during the State of the Union.Republicans discussed paying for the federal portion of the plan with an increase in...
View ArticleTrump is open to more-than doubling the gas tax to pay for his giant...
President Donald Trump reportedly told lawmakers in a White House meeting that he is open to increasing the gas tax to pay for his giant infrastructure plan.The federal gas tax has not been increased...
View ArticleThe Koch brothers don't like Trump's plan to hike taxes on gasoline
The Koch brothers oppose the proposed gas tax.The $0.25 tax would help pay for infrastructure construction. The Koch brothers are against a $0.25 gasoline tax hike that would pay for planned...
View ArticleThese 5 states would see added insult to injury if the federal gas tax goes up
Pennsylvania, California, Washington, Hawaii, and New York all have the tax.Washington is considering a $.25 per gallon increase in the tax.Watch Washington on this, as this tax could fund...
View ArticleThere are some benefits to a higher US gas tax
One good way to widen the budget for infrastructure is to pay a gas tax.We are too reliant on a potentially detrimental industry to the country; oil.Raising gas taxes makes us less dependent on oil....
View ArticleTrump's gas tax could inadvertently make fuel cheaper in California
Californians may move toward a petition to get rid of the state gas tax, in light of the President's federal gas tax proposal.Still, almost half of Californians are for keeping the tax.Some of those...
View ArticleIt's 2012--It's Just Absurd That We're Still Addicted To Middle-Eastern Oil
In case you missed it, Iran just vowed to close the Strait of Hormuz if the world imposes tighter sanctions on its authoritarian regime.Why does that matter?Because one-sixth of the world's oil supply...
View ArticleGasoline Is The Real Wild Card In This Economy
Of the many risks facing the US economy, the one I find most immediately concerning is the rapidly increasing rise in gas prices. My latest weekly gasoline update showed a 36-cent rise in gas prices,...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIC: Where The Frack Is All Our Gas Money Going?
The average American burns through about 558 gallons per gas per year. But with gas prices hitting $4 per gallon in some parts of the US (with no end in sight), road warriors can expect to spend more...
View ArticleItalians Are Turning To The Black Market For Cheap Gas
Fuel prices in Italy are so high that drivers are turning to the black market to fill up their tanks, Presseurop reports.As originally reported in La Republicca by journalist Andrea Punzo, black market...
View ArticleBOEHNER: No Gas Tax Hike For America
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday he has never voted for an increase in the gas tax and doubted there were enough votes in Congress to pass a...
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