New Hampshire To Raise Gas Tax by at Least 28 Cents?

  In a time when the Democrats are using the price of gas as a political issue it seems strange that Democrats would raise the gas tax. But that is what is being talked about in New Hampshire. It would seem that the Democrats don’t really care about the price of gas, but who is profiting from it. Big oil profits, bad, big government profits, good. The government makes more money per gallon of gas than big oil does, but that is not enough, they need more.

  Why does New Hampshire need more money from gas taxes?

As the state struggles to find money to fix bridges and highways, the equivalent of nearly two of each three cents in state gasoline taxes is diverted from road construction.

  Because the government is taking money that the state constitution says is supposed to go to infrastructure and using it for liberal social programs. One cent out of every three is going to infrastructure. This is just wrong.

The Executive Council needs to produce an updated 10-year plan by mid-December for Gov. John Lynch and the Legislature to consider.

O’Leary said there is no way to complete the current plan on time without a gas tax increase of between 28 cents and 32 cents, and toll hikes of up to $1 in some locations.

  I thought these liberal Democrats, such as governor John Lynch cared about the little people. WRONG, who would a thirty cent increase in the gas tax hurt the most? The little people. John Lynch claims he opposes raising the gas tax, but he also opposed gay marriage before signing a civil union law that is gay marriage.

  Instead of cutting spending and being fiscally conservative, John Lynch has raised about every tax,under the code word fees, that he could get his greedy little fingers on but it wasn’t enough to pay for our roads. Now we need to raise taxes even further?

  It is time to cut the liberal social policies, put the money back into the roads that belongs there and leave the average New Hampshire resident’s pocket book alone.