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Democrats set to raise the gas tax. Explain how will this help the poor and middle class..


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updated to add a link.

https://mynorthwest.com/2480727/democratic-lawmakers-gas-tax-increase/

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It guarantees they'll lose in the midterms.

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Interesting, because according to every article I could find, the Democrats(including Biden) are firmly against raising the gas tax.

https://news.yahoo.com/biden-objects-raising-gas-tax-213605117.html

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said that indexing the gas tax to inflation was a nonstarter for him. “It’s another hit on working people,” Wyden said.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said a gas tax hike is a “Republican thing.”

Edit: Did some research and it seems to be a Bipartisan group of Senators perfectly content to fuck over middle and low income earners. Blame members of both parties for this one.

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Biden shutting down the Keystone pipeline is why gas is so expensive.

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he shut it down to boost oil prices for big oil, he prob has a lot of cronies in the oil business...

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Yeah it had to do with a line that Warren Buffet owns.

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the keystone pipeline?

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Yeah, it's explained here how crony-capitalism led to Beijing Biden axing lots of American jobs to keep the elites... elite:
https://www.ibtimes.com/warren-buffett-keystone-pipeline-cause-effect-1560093

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oh ok, yeah its all about big business and those that are actually in charge. thats why republicans and democrats wanted things to go back to the status quo.

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>> Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said a gas tax hike is a “Republican thing.”

Republicans love taxes that disproportionately hit working people. Almost as much as they love to lie and say Democrats are doing all the bad things that Republicans are actually doing - like cheating in elections.

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It helps so poor and middle class will stop driving ICE vehicles. Those things should be a luxury for the rich, just like meat. Now all we need is to raise the price of meat so poor and middle class can only afford veggies. CLIMATE CHANGE SOLVED!! WOOO HOOO!! Now only the elite class can enjoy them. Back to the old days.

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