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“LTE: BLAME DOTY, DFL FOR GAS TAX HIKE”
By Michael B. Brodkorb | June 30, 2008
“To the Editor:
The next time you fill your vehicle with gas, remember that the Minnesota gas tax is no longer 20 cents per gallon. Thanks to Rep. Al Doty and his fellow Democrats, it’s now 22 cents per gallon and will go up another 3 1/2 cents per gallon before the fall election. And that’s not the end of it.
Another 3 cents per gallon will be added later for a total of 28 1/2 cents per gallon. Compared to the other 49 states, Minnesota will then have the seventh highest gas tax in the nation. This gas tax increase is estimated to raise taxes $2.474 billion over 10 years.” Source: Morrison County Record, June 30, 2008
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June 30th, 2008 at 3:13 PM
Again, who cares?
Gas went up more than 3.5 cents this week. This is below 1% of the total cost of gas. They’ve gone up 4x times the ENTIRE state gas tax this year. It would seem there are bigger issues at play then a 1-2% hike in the cost of gas going to a new tax.
June 30th, 2008 at 4:01 PM
i agree with plymouthdem. mccain’s or hilary’s (i don’t remember exactly) proposal to suspend federal tax got no traction, although it does show that politicans are not too concerned about small business.
the gas tax savings for most individuals would be relatively small, but for small businesses such as independent truckers, delivery services, etc. it may well put quite a number out of business, but then no seems to care about small business anymore.
June 30th, 2008 at 4:24 PM
I’ve driven on some of the roads through some of the townships in Morrison County.
June 30th, 2008 at 5:20 PM
Check out this post, which I titled “What Will Dems Do To Alleviate Their ‘Crisis’ of Choice?
What the DFL doesn’t tax out of us here, the federal Democrats will waste on this crisis of choice.
June 30th, 2008 at 5:21 PM
OOPs. I forgot to close the tag. What Will Dems Do To Alleviate Their ‘Crisis’ of Choice?
June 30th, 2008 at 6:22 PM
Plymouth Dem summed it up quite nicely. Nobody will be the dumb to blame DFL’ers for ridiculous gas prices when we’ve currently only raised the tax by cents. I sure as shit would still be quite miffed if gas went back down to 3.97… Totally the problem with Republican policy solutions, hope people are dumb enough to buy into what they are saying when they are full of shit.
June 30th, 2008 at 6:57 PM
The gas tax holiday got no traction because fiscal conservitives are not gonna play ball with extreamly short term tax breaks.
With tax increases popping up all the time saving $25 or so just to have the tax brought back in is a slap in the face to working Americans living on a budget. Not to mentioned they never mentioned any spending cuts.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:16 PM
Most of Anoka County is blaming the Dems and Kathy Dingleberry.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:43 PM
Is a Marriage License a tax on marriage?
Is a Divorce Decree a tax on divorce?
Does anyone in Morrison County want to tax love?
June 30th, 2008 at 9:46 PM
Andrew, you’re right. It’s not the extra nickel per gallon at the gas pump that people will blame Democrats for… not entirely anyway.
What people will blame Democrats for is over 30 years of Democrat policies to eliminate domestic energy production and increase our dependence on foreign oil.
Be clear, it’s the Democrats that are restricting this country from tapping into it’s own resources…. and it’s the Democrats who have stonewalled installation proven alternative energy sources, and the innovation of cleaner energy production.
Democrats HAVE NO ENERGY PLAN… except to destroy America by constricting it’s access to energy.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:34 PM
You know Andrew and Plymouth Democrat. Democrats in 2006 campaign that gasoline prices are outrageous. Since they have got control of Congress in 2007 gas prices have gone up 76%. We’re paying the price for the inaction of not allowing the driilling, increased oil refineries, more nuclear and coal power plants (doesn’t France have 80% nuclear). That was the plan President Bush tried to push through, but the Democrats blocked.
The Democrats plan tax the oil companies and than give it to the poor to pay for the higher price of energy. Just curious what price of gallon of gasoline do you want? $8, $12, $25?
Chestnut is right you guys don’t have an energy plan. People will vote for the party that has the plan which are the Republicans.
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
June 30th, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Dich (cheney)in’ Cheney had all his and Dumbya’s energy bidness cronies at The White House as soon as Boy Blunder took the oath of office.
They planned and they schemed, and they refused to tell anyone what they talked about.
7 years later, oil is $140 a barrel, $4 a gallon, and oil companies have never been more profitable.
That, Ladies and Gentlemen, is the republiCon energy party.
Do not pay attention to the rightwingnuts claiming 2 cent a gallon tax increase is the problem; the problem is the same as every other problem this country currently faces:
republiCons run on the platform “government doesn’t work”, then they get elected and prove it.
I never thought I’d see the day I’d miss Richard Milhous Nixon; never thought I’d see the day Spiro T. Agnew wasn’t the worst VPOTUS ever.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Ummm….”…republiCon energy POLICY.”
June 30th, 2008 at 10:47 PM
A nickle a gallon for roads and bridges, or another collapsed bridge? Take your pick RepubliCons.
June 30th, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Coleman Exposer:
Shouldn’t you be trying to expose this fellow by the name of Tinkleberg. He was the man who was warned of the danger and refused to do the repair job. One of the things that happened the day that the bridge collapsed was that there was a work crew working on the bridge.
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
June 30th, 2008 at 11:15 PM
Tommy:
The price of oil is $140 per barrell because supply equals demand. What you left out in your comments of post #12 was that the energy companies want to drill for more oil (stopped by the Democrats in Congress), they want to build more refineries (stopped by the Democrats in Congress and we have to important gasoline now beause we can’t produce enough domestically), they don’t want a windfall profits tax which as the 1970′s demonstrated didn’t work (something that the Democrats will try to impose).
Your post implies they got what they wanted. They didn’t get anything they wanted.
Of course you blame them because you probably walk to work and don’t care about the price of gas.
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
July 1st, 2008 at 8:23 AM
It’s not the Democrats at fault here…
Walter keeps harping on supply and demand. Yet he fails to mention China, India, and other countries buying up Oil Futures because their people want to drive cars.
American driven miles have been a on a decline for several years now. Yet, Oil Companies are raking in the dough despite that. Use less, pay more.
The secret deals made by Bush and Company with the Oil Companies benifits the Bush Administration and the Oil Companies.
July 1st, 2008 at 8:42 AM
Kathy,
Yes it is. Democrats must be pretty pleased with the high-price of gasoline. It’s a direct results of their policies designed to constrict our access to our own resources.
Thank your local Democrat for any economic hardship you’re feeling. There’s no bullshit conspiracy between the Administration and the Oil companies. Just 30 years of Democrat obstruction on energy.
Pretty sad when you pathetic losers must resort to inventing that sort of crap, rather than accept the consequence for your bullshit politics.
July 1st, 2008 at 9:20 AM
Walter,
The increase in oil traces not to when Democrats took control of Congress but when the United States invaded Iraq. You are half right, the cost of oil is driven in part by supply. The second part, however, is speculation which is largely divorced from the realty of supply. Speculation has been caused by two issues; (1) back-room dealing on oil commodities caused by the Enron loophole in 2000; and (2) middle east instability largely fueled by U.S. action in the region. The two created a perfect storm to drive up prices this year.
Bush took a gamble: he thought he could open up oil fields in Iraq to the west to drive up supply and decrease prices. He ultimately took it in the chin and the economy is what is suffering. Instead, we have decreased supply and significantly increased prices.
July 1st, 2008 at 9:25 AM
Democrats have supported alternative energy for years now and it is mostly the Republicans who have limited progress on this front.
When gas is $4 a gallon and not predicted to decline, we need to find alternatives, not more oil. Other countries have already figured this out and are leaving us in the dust.
Even if we had an oil wells all over Alaska we would still be in the same mess we are in. The only difference is that American oil companies would be making even higher record profits.
July 1st, 2008 at 9:28 AM
Satire,
If the administration has nothing to hide why did they have secret meetings to determine energy policies? Why can’t the American people read about what happened?
July 1st, 2008 at 9:35 AM
I’m sorry to say, but if the gas tax would have been adjusted for inflation (like it has been in most other states, like WI) the tax would be closer to 32 cents right now.
It’s not suprising that our inferstructure is failing in Minnesota, when the percentage gas tax is lower than it was in 1980.
July 1st, 2008 at 9:44 AM
“The price of oil is $140 per barrell because supply equals demand.”
Actually Walter supply does not equal demand. The demand is actually much higher then what is being produced that’s partially why oil is $140 a barrel and rising!
China, India and other nations have seen their demand sky rocket, while OPEC nations have refused to increase production and hence we have our current dilema.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:51 AM
“If the administration has nothing to hide why did they have secret meetings to determine energy policies? Why can’t the American people read about what happened?”
I dunno — why do Democrats have secret meetings with Code Pink, ACORN, the Sierra Club, et. al.?
When are they going to disclosed what happens in those meetings… frankly, I’m more concerned about Democrats acting in concert with anti-American groups and environmental wackos than I am anything else.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:13 AM
Nice try It’s Satire… the reason they won’t release the transcripts from the Energy policy meetings is because the public would be appalled at how they are getting screwed!
We had an energy policy bill entirely written by lobbyists behind closed doors to directly benefit just their industries. It must be nice to have friends in high places.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Nice conspiracy theory you got there Mickey. How many black helicopters are circling your house, and do you have on a fresh tin foil hat?
July 1st, 2008 at 11:51 AM
If there is nothing to hide, why not release the information? Wouldn’t you like to know how the Bush/Cheney Administration came up with this wonderful energy policy?
As for black helicopters and tin foil hats, that must be your mindset to think everything is just fine in our country.
You honestly think these energy lobbyists wrote an energy bill that was in the consumers best interest, instead of their interest? Belittle what you want, but I don’t it’s a strech to think legislation was written for their benefit.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:16 PM
There’s no conspiracy going on here, Satire. The Bush Administration sealed a sweet deal with the Oil companies and we are reaping the rewards, or lack thereof, of it.
The Oil Companies hold leases to hundreds of millions of acres of land, etc., through leases they hold currently. May want to go back to the GHWB administratrion regarding Oil Drilling and why certain areas were off limits.
OPEC also holds aces in their hands, thus determining prices of crude. They have the power to reduce output, thus increasing the demand and price for Oil.
As for the raods adn gridges in Minnesota, I thanked as many Legislators as I could for their corageous vote to finally stand up to the Governor. The state roads here in Southeast Minnesota are some of the worst in the state.
I-90 west from Rochester past Dexter is busting up, literally. I-90 West from Winona to St. Charles feels likes one is on a rocking boat. State roads through Preston, Fountain, Rushford, Lanesboro are bad enough to put ones Shocks and alignments out of whack. The neglect is shameful. And I read that the Laffayette bridge, same design as the former I-35 bridge that went down last year, has numerous weak spots that could cause massive death and damage should that go down. The Governor needs to take an extensive road trip, pun intended, just to get a dose of reality as to the condidtion of the state’s roads.
Perhaps now, roads and bridges will see the monies they should have had for the last 15 years or so over the next 10 years. 8 1/2 cents spread over 10 years. That’s doable.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Kathy,
Your dumb a shit. Have I ever told you that?
Can you substantiate anything you said there? And what’s going on? Doesn’t Tim Walz have a leg for you to hump today?
July 1st, 2008 at 1:06 PM
I have traveled on the roads I have mentioned numerous times, Chesty. Have you???
All that I have written have been taken from numerous articles found on the web. You are free to say what you want about me. Doesn’t make you any smarter or more credible, only smaller.
July 1st, 2008 at 1:42 PM
Kathy,
Do you read the sites about UFOs and JFK conspiracies? They’re probably a little more credible than the crap you’re rattling off.
And yes, I’ve driven those roads. They do suck.
On oil: Who needs OPEC to restrict production. We have Democrats that do that quite well.
July 1st, 2008 at 1:44 PM
If you’re so concerned about “secret meetings” where’s your outrage concerning the secret meetings Democrat leaders conducted with communist-supported anti-American groups, and the dictating those groups did on Democrat policies?
Get bent, you retarded old seamstress.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:04 PM
El Presidente-
You’ve driven thru many of the roads up in Morrison County?
What is it about having sex with farm animals in Morrison County that’s better than any other county?