Just Say No! To Any New Taxes
I have a personal policy when it comes to new taxes. Simply said, it is to always say, NO!
I don’t care what it’s for, the answer is and will always be NO. We are over taxed as it is and their is no such thing as a temporary tax. Never ever, ever.
That is what I have to say on any new tax, this is what Fred Thompson has to say on a Gas Tax.
Whoa now. Let’s hold our horses a minute and think about the calls for new tax increases to fix our infrastructure problems. The Minneapolis bridge collapse is a tragedy, but we can’t let it be used to compound other problems – which is what will happen if we’re scared into raising gas taxes.
As we all know, there are few things more permanent than a temporary tax. Just ask the folks who footed the cost of the Spanish-American War for the past 108 years via a federal excise tax on our phone bills. Congress is contemplating a new “temporary” 5-cent increase in the federal gas tax –(already at 18.3 cents a gallon), which is on top of the state and local gas taxes that have been in place over the years – to finance a “trust fund” for infrastructure repairs.
So there you have it, we are already being taxed to Hell and back and this money is supposed to be going to a trust fund.
I’m sorry, but when it comes to trusting government to spend taxes wisely, I don’t trust them.