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]]>The federal taxes on gasoline now amount to over 18 cents per gallon. The Reagan administration raised them, then Clinton raised them. Together more than 14 cents per gallon between 1982 and 1993. Why does N.J. have the lowest gasoline price in the country at the moment? Their state tax on gasoline is the lowest in the country. And California and New York have the highest gas prices due to state taxes, ranging from 32 to 60 cents per gallon. Add in local excise taxes by counties and municipalities and about $1 of each gallon of gasoline is tax.
]]> Politicians are making it very tough for the working poor, single parents, students, small businesses and millions of others to balance their monthly budget by refusing to revoke these taxes. If you are a voter, call your representatives and demand the taxes be suspended. And in 2008, if the taxes have not gone down, your only option is to remove the incumbents who refused or were too ineffective or incompetent to get those taxes revoked.If the politicians won't revoke the gasoline taxes burdening Americans unnecessarily, then it is necessary to revoke those politicians from office in 2008. Taxing the working poor in such times is both unethical and corrupt. If the Congresspersons read the polls and realize gas taxes caused their predecessor to lose reelection, you can be almost guaranteed that the new Congressperson will bust their ass to get those taxes revoked. This strategy is called Voting Out Incumbents Democracy, (VOID) and it works when enough voters participate in it at the polls.
Before last November's elections there were few oversight hearings in Congress holding government accountable. Voters removed Republican incumbents. Now Democrats are losing sleep conducting oversight hearings, being the new majority in Congress. Voting out incumbents works. Commit to the strategy. And support VOID organizations which help other voters become aware of the voter strategy our founders intended us to exercise.
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