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cpr4life8 t1_j2t1tfq wrote

Reply to comment by RipTide275 in New year, new gas tax hike in Pennsylvania (headline) by 106473

The law was signed 10 years ago what the fuck did Biden have to do with Pennsylvania increasing their gas tax 10 years ago?

Holy fuck I've seen stupid before...but you've achieved a level like no other!

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RipTide275 t1_j2t7ff8 wrote

you obviously didn’t read the article you posted, nor my explanation. Or maybe it is beyond your comprehension level. I’ll try again in one sentence. The increase in gas tax is caused by the higher wholesale gas prices, this is the first year the taxes ever increased.

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Minute_Helicopter_91 t1_j2tcavw wrote

This isn’t the first year the gas tax has increased. Biden has 0 to do with this.

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RipTide275 t1_j2tfmdp wrote

This is the first time that this has happened since the law went into effect," said Alexis Campbell, a spokeswoman for PennDOT.

The spokeswoman from Penndot disagrees with you.

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Minute_Helicopter_91 t1_j2tgcgb wrote

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/12/get_ready_for_another_gas_tax.html

3 times the gas tax has gone up prior to this last one.

And apparently, you glossed over the most important part of the article as to why it’s going up this year:

A provision in the law sets the "floor" of the wholesale gas price at $2.99, PennDOT says. If the price remains above this level for 12 months, the fuel tax rate increases. The average wholesale price is now $3.17.

So total, the gas tax has increased 4 times.

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