Lame-duck Berger poo-poos idea of gas tax changes
We have the 11th highest gas tax in the United States. Legislators are frequently talking about revenue surpluses — how they’ve managed to collect more money than they actually need.
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Trump wants to do it. Why not the NCGOP in the NCGA?
President Trump is pushing the idea of a temporary suspension of the federal gas tax to provide some consumer relief during this tough time. (Anyone seen gas prices lately ???).
Continue readingGas taxes: We’re #10! (nationally)
As campaign season gears up, we’re hearing all about this tax being cut and that tax being cut. But one place we can’t seem to get any relief is at
Continue readingWhat’s in your wallet? (Gov. Pat wants it)
Our reportedly Republican governor wants a $2.8 billion bond referendum on the ballot in November. Bond referendums — in case you didn’t know — are votes on whether to allow
Continue reading#ncga: Making deals — with the devil
Well, the GOP has officially surrendered their advantage in the area of taxes. After so many decades as the low – / anti-tax party, the GOP majority on Jones Street
Continue reading#NCGA: Speaker’s team issues talking points to help spin NC Competes Act & gas tax hike
Our cadre of spies on Jones Street has struck pay-dirt once again. We have in our clutches a March 6 email authored by Mollie Young, House Speaker Tim Moore’s director of communications. The
Continue reading#ncga: More gas tax for US, and NO gas tax for airlines
Talk about great big ones. The same guy who wants us all to pay more for gas in our cars wants to let airliners with a presence in North Carolina
Continue reading#ncga: How to deal with road construction $$$ “woes”? STOP ROBBING THE HIGHWAY FUND.
Some of the honorables on Jones Street — aided and abetted by the drive by media — are still pushing that myth about how cash-starved the state is for road
Continue readingSteve Forbes ON THE MONEY in re: gas tax
In Washington, we have REPUBLICANS seriously considering raising the federal gas tax. In Raleigh, we’ve had Republicans actually push a gas tax hike through the state Senate. One of the
Continue readingOl’ Rob: Missing the action or just plain Mis-leading ????
Rob Christensen has been hanging out in Raleigh watching the political action for a loooooooong time. (Sources tell me he once had to flee town just minutes before General Sherman’s
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