Gas Tax Shift Could Help Fix Pa. Roads
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is proposing a multi-year transportation funding plan that would raise the oil company franchise tax and lower the flat gasoline tax.
By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania could finally see some serious improvements in roads and bridges, but only if lawmakers are willing to follow the governor’s plan to raise funds through a plan that might also boost gas prices. On the same day Gov. Tom Corbett introduced his 2013-2014 budget proposal, he announced a plan to generate more than $5 billion in transportation funding over five years, mostly from a change in the way gas taxes are levied. Under Corbett’s plan, funds would come from lowering the flat tax paid by consumers while increasing the tax gas stations pay on fuel. Related story: Corbett Budget: Pension 'Reform' Now, Big Costs Later Corbett and other administration officials maintain this wouldn’…
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mark wood
12:02 pm on Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Dear taxpayer, Jersey gas is 30 to 40 cents cheaper and their roads are great, and now you want more tax on gas for roads, Say it with me, or IGNORE IT!!! Raise gas tax to 5 dollars and you still will bitch about the damn roads, what the hell makes you think they use the funds for better roads and bridges, if its your brain , you are as dumb as a box of rocks. No money is going for roads and … more ›