Article from The Daily Caller by Chris White.
Media reports addressing Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposal to increase the state’s gas taxes frequently left out important historical context, namely that Michiganders voted down a similar proposal in 2015.
That year’s defeat was considered an epic failure and a signal to try a different tactic.
Voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal in May 2015 increasing a sales tax that would have gone toward fixing many of the states’ roads. Citizens rejected the measure 80 percent to 20 percent, leaving officials wondering how to raise funds for infrastructure improvements. Reports detailing Whitmer’s plan to implement a 45-cent gas tax increase ignored voters’ past opposition to such increases.
The increase is expected to generate roughly $2 billion a year in additional revenue for roads, according to media reports. Whitmer, a Democrat who ran on fixing Michigan’s roads, presented her idea to lawmakers Tuesday during a joint meeting of the state House and Senate appropriations committees. She staked her political campaign on fixing “the damn roads,” though she refused to explain what solutions were in the offering.
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You can bet most of it will not go to repair roads. It is needed for more important things like support for illegals, graft, political payoffs, ETC.
Maybe the guy could take a page from Trump, and not take his pay for a while! Oh wait, I forgot, he’s a demonRAT. more for me, less for thee.
I guess this wacko governor of Michigan hasn’t looked at her budget to see what fat there is that can be applied to infrastructure. As a democrat I’m sure she and her fellow dims feel they need more money. That is the battle cry of the dims.
If the voters voted against raising taxes, then her forcing a tax increase is theft plain and simple and it really doesn’t matter what she uses it for. If she promised to fix roads and did not have a plan other than raising taxes, she lied and now she is stealing from the voter to make herself look like she is keeping her promise. What a shyster!
They would probably use the money to build Mosques.
HEY MICHIGANONEANS, ITS TIME TO GET RID OF ALL YOUR LYING ,CROOKED POLITICIANS,THAT YOU PUT INTO OFFICE, BY BELIEVING THEIR CAMPAIGN LIES. ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO SEND THEM PACKING,AND REPLACE THEM WITH TRUE ,HONEST AMERICANS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AMERICA AND YOUR STATE.!
Whenever they begin to tax MORE means your State is bankrupt.
Would Gov. Whitmer have been elected if she had told people the truth about raising taxes? Probably not. This is much like Bernie Sanders’ “free stuff” or the AOC “Green New Deal.” If people realize the price tag, they might opt for a different deal.