The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation has endorsed the recommendation of a state commission to raise the tax on gasoline by up to 10 cents per gallon.
In his speech on the auto industry yesterday, President Obama promoted the idea of a so-called “cash-for-clunkers” program that would offer financial incentives for people to trade in their old gas-guzzlers for more fuel-efficient vehicles. “Such fleet modernization programs, which provide a generous credit to consumers who turn in More…
The National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission, established by Congress “to address the growing transportation infrastructure investment deficit,” released a report today advocating a 10-cent gas tax, to be replaced by a vehicle mileage tax in 2020.
According to the report, the Highway Trust Fund is facing a More…
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood looked a little out of his element last week, when he proposed a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax on motorists as an alternative to a higher gas tax on Thursday, only to have it shot down in short order. Transportation Department spokeswoman Lori Irving dismissed More…
Citing insufficient funding for roadways, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has proposed a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax, based on the number of miles a person drives rather than fuel consumption.
In an interview with The Associated Press yesterday, LaHood rejected the possibility of raising the gas tax in the More…
This is a couple of days old, but worth a mention: With gas prices dropping ever further in recent months, the country’s fetish for big, gas-guzzling vehicles has returned. According to numbers released last week by Edmunds.com, an automotive analysis Website, trucks and SUVs will outsell cars in More…
As the nation’s automakers near collapse, global temperatures rise, and consumers and government wallow in debt, there might be a one-stop remedy for all three: raise the gas tax.
The chief boosters of the idea are not Washington policymakers. Instead, they are some of the nation’s top economists, environmentalists and More…
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