Posts Tagged "Barry Schoch"
In state elections, voters decline to punish pols for raising transportation taxes
11 Jun 2014
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Posted by Teddy Lederer
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Barry Schoch, Beverly Sherwood, Erin Molchany, gas tax, highway trust fund, J.P Miranda, James Clay, Joe T. May, Leanna Washington, MAP-21, Mark Dudenhefer, maryland, massachusetts, Michael Fleck, Michael Watson, New Hampshire, pennsylvania, Vermont, virginia, Wyoming

Raising the gas tax is a political death sentence, right? Well, not necessarily. In at least two states where legislators raised gas taxes or other fees in the last two years, voters have responded by sending almost all of the supportive members of both parties back to their state houses. Could it be that voters are more supportive of raising revenue than we think?
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