Buttigieg already floating an increase in the gas tax

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Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg expressed an openness to a federal gas tax increase in order to pump more money into the suffering Highway Trust Fund.

During his confirmation hearing on Thursday, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., was asked about a tax hike to help fund infrastructure by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.

Buttigieg floats gas tax hike despite concern about regressive impact



A gas tax will disproportionally affect the working class. The states will follow suit. Within a year we will be back to pre Trump days of $4.00 a gallon.
 

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But the Feds can get away with it.
"Socialism is fine until you run out of other people's money to spend" (Margaret Thatcher) Answer: raise taxes!
 
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