“Sen. Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., is promoting to try to rally support from both parties for the tax increase is to pair it with a more generous earned income tax credit, or EITC, which would benefit those same lower-income Americans.” The idea of raising the tax on gasoline is to fund projects to repair or replace the infrastructure within the United States.
Since 1993 to today the current tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon, and in the span of almost 25 years our roads, bridges and other infrastructures has not been maintained and are in need of desperate repair. The tax has remained low and the cost to make these repairs continue to rise. If Congress would raise the tax on gasoline to 40 cents per gallon that would increase the national
Since 1993 to today the current tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon, and in the span of almost 25 years our roads, bridges and other infrastructures has not been maintained and are in need of desperate repair. The tax has remained low and the cost to make these repairs continue to rise. If Congress would raise the tax on gasoline to 40 cents per gallon that would increase the national