If those giant potholes and crumbling bridges are causing you concern, you’re in good company: a recent survey commissioned by AAA found that just over
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Pennsylvania Mulls First Statewide Plastic Bag Tax In The U.S. As ‘Small Price To Pay’
A bill being explored in Pennsylvania would make the state the first in the country to tax the use of plastic bags at retail sites. But questions abound: Is it fair? Is it appropriate? And is it enough?
Read MoreOut Of Ideas And In Debt, Spain Sets Sights On Taxing The Sun
Spain is generating so much solar power, according to its government, that production capacity exceeds demand by more than 60%. To solve the problem, Spain’s government has a new idea: tax the solar panels.
Read MoreWhich State Pays Most In Gas Taxes?
Former GM exec Bob Lutz acknowledged that Americans wouldn’t embrace an increase to the federal gas tax – and he was right. There was a
Read MoreFormer GM Exec Bob Lutz Suggests Higher Gas Taxes Would Help Americans
Americans are addicted to gasoline, according to retired General Motors Vice Chairman Robert A. Lutz, and there’s only one cure: higher gas taxes. Lutz, who
Read MoreHot, Hot, Hot: Air Conditioning Tax Credits Have Disappeared
We’re under an Excessive Heat Warning in Philadelphia. In May. Don’t get me started about how much this stinks. I am not a fan of
Read MoreWill BP Arrest Change Minds About Billion Dollar Losses?
There are some moments that you remember with perfect clarity. For me, it was the day that my daughter asked me why the birds couldn’t
Read MoreObama Rejects Pipeline Tied To Payroll Tax Cut Deal
It is, in fact, true that the Republicans are moving ahead with plans to tack on the Keystone XL pipeline as part of a package
Read MoreWho Stole The Green Movement?
Today, more than 500 elementary school students in our local public school hauled recyclable bags filled with more recyclable plastic bags to school to mark
Read MoreHeat Wave Sweeps U.S., Reminds Taxpayers Of Value Of Energy Credits
Man, it’s hot. It’s like Africa hot. Tarzan couldn’t take this kind of hot. – Matthew Broderick as Eugene Morris Jerome in Biloxi Blues And
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