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Originally Posted by Atticus
Jesus Christ! You just don't stop. The very link you posted proved your initial post wrong yet you keep doubling down. Just stop.
A huge burden? Lets say the average guy drives 1000 miles a month. Lets say he gets an avg 20 miles to the gallon. If they raised the gas tax to .29 a gallon to adjust for inflation it would be about $5 extra a month in gas costs.
And once again, here comes the favorite Republican thing to do. Base policy on personal experiences. Because your stripper ex-wife used to make a lot of money from truckers they were rolling in it.
And for the last time, the National Gasoline Tax does not exclusively fund the Highway Fund. It never has. It wasn't even set up for that purpose. You're just repeating the same thing over and over because it fits your narrative.
And then lets throw a zinger at the guy you despise the most. But again, wrong. The reason the highway fund is being depleted at a faster rate has a lot more to do with inflation then it does with consumers driving more fuel efficient vehicles. And let's say that was the main reason (it's not but lets go with it). If people are driving less and use less gas due to more fuel efficient vehicles wouldn't they be saving more $$, and have less of a 'burden'? The same thing the President initially said that you called him out for?
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Unless my math is wrong, it's $14.50 extra a month on gas.
1000/ 20 = 50 gallons of gas a month used.
50 * .29c more per gallon = $14.50
What you are missing is the poor persons cost of goods rise (Beer, Pepsi, Chips, Bread etc)
So he probably loses closer to $50 a month.
That means $50 less he can spend on adult dating.