Raise the Gas Tax
The main reason to raise the gas tax By Eric Grunebaum | May 25, 2009 DESPITE the Massachusetts Senate’s passage of a tax package last week, it’s clear that funds allocated for transportation – principally from the sales tax – are simply not enough. Moreover, with the rejection of 19- and 11-cent gas tax increase options, what seems to be absent from the debate is the compelling environmental argument for a hike in the... [Read More...]
Mass Gas Tax – Nineteen Cents
Rep: Gas tax off table, Patrick calls tax timing disrespectful By Jim O’Sullivan / State House News Service | Wednesday, May 20, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Politics A top House lawmaker today called Gov. Deval Patrick’s proposed 19-cent gas tax hike unlikely to receive further attention from the Legislature for the foreseeable future, after the Senate rejected the measure Tuesday, and as legislative officials... [Read More...]
Debate On Mass Gas Tax
Divisive debate likely on Mass. gas tax hike By DAVID KIBBE dkottaway@aol.com February 09, 2009 BOSTON — Will Massachusetts drivers have to dig deeper in their wallet to pay at the pump in the coming year? New House Speaker Robert DeLeo seems to think so. When pressed in a recent NECN interview, he said it was “a pretty good bet” a gas tax hike would be approved this year. The emotional issue of a gas tax increase — coming on the... [Read More...]
New England Fuel Institute
NEFI – New England Fuel Institute Don’t sit back! If you feel strongly about proposed gasoline tax increases then let your state senators and representatives know how you feel. It’s easy! Click here! Send A Message Reform Before Revenue “Reform before revenue” is not a meaningless slogan – especially for the hundreds of thousands of businesses and residents of the Commonwealth... [Read More...]
Howie Carr – For Whom the Tax Tolls?
Ask not for whom Deval Patrick tolls…he tolls for we By Howie Carr | Sunday, March 8, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com Photo by Angela Rowlings (file) Three weeks from today, the tolls go up. Maybe it’s not too late to stop this rip-off. Everybody’s obsessed with Deval Patrick’s proposed 19-cent gas tax increase, and rightly so. But some pol could make a name for himself trying to halt Deval’s other outrageous... [Read More...]
Proposed gas tax – Western Mass
Proposed gas tax hike faces heated opposition in Western Mass. Unfair burden for region, many at hearing contend Transportation Secretary James A. Aloisi Jr. responded to addressed the panel of state legislators at the first of four state hearings a Springfield hearing on increasing the gas tax. (Michele McDonald/Globe Staff) By Noah Bierman Globe Staff / March 5, 2009 SPRINGFIELD – Governor Deval... [Read More...]
Mass. Gas Tax – Political
Mass. gas tax may be first step in political tango By Glen Johnson AP Political Writer / February 14, 2009 BOSTON—By considering a proposal to raise the state’s gasoline tax by 27 cents a gallon, Gov. Deval Patrick is on the verge of going all-in on a gamble that could transform the public’s view of government — or threaten his re-election chances next year. A transportation... [Read More...]
Gas Tax – Howie Carr
Gas tax, Pike hike add fuel to fire By Howie Carr | Sunday, February 22, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Politics Gov. Deval Patrick, what part of “no” do you not understand? No to the 19-cent increase in the gas tax. No to the obscene hike in the tolls. I know, the highest state gas tax in America will merely cost the “average” motorist “one large cup of coffee a week.” It’s the least we can do for what Deval calls... [Read More...]
Gas tax: Paying cents to save big bucks
Barry Bluestone and Stephanie Pollack The Boston Globe Gas tax: Paying cents to save big bucks WITH times as tough as they are, it is not surprising that Massachusetts legislators and residents are balking at Governor Patrick’s proposal to raise the state gasoline tax. But before deciding whether an additional $8 per month for the typical driver is too expensive, it’s worth thinking about how much drivers will pay if the gas tax is not... [Read More...]
Mass Gas tax draws protest
Mass. Gas tax draws protest Gov. Deval Patrick looking to implement changes Demonstrators react to the man on the scooter who honked in response to their signs during a protest in front of the State House in Boston on Wednesday. The protest, organized by the Massachusetts Republican Party, was held in opposition to a proposed 19-cent state gasoline tax increase. By GLEN JOHNSON Associated Press February 26, 2009 6:00 AM BOSTON — Boston drivers... [Read More...]
