http://www.taxgirl.com/gas-tax-holiday-takes-well-a-holiday/ Paying taxes is painful... but reading about them shouldn't be. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:55:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.taxgirl.com/gas-tax-holiday-takes-well-a-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-25724 Gas Tax Fight Looms | CurrentNewsToday.Info - News Portal Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:10:25 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/gas-tax-holiday-takes-well-a-holiday/#comment-25724 [...] Without federal gas taxes, the highway trust fund would dry up. The trust fund has already been running at a deficit for years which is one of the reasons that the “gas tax holiday” previously proposed by members of Congress has never really taken off. [...] [...] Without federal gas taxes, the highway trust fund would dry up. The trust fund has already been running at a deficit for years which is one of the reasons that the “gas tax holiday” previously proposed by members of Congress has never really taken off. [...]

]]> http://www.taxgirl.com/gas-tax-holiday-takes-well-a-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-4666 The Middle Class in America Isn’t Happy Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:07:01 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/gas-tax-holiday-takes-well-a-holiday/#comment-4666 [...] There has been a clamoring for a second stimulus package to offer some relief. Despite the rumors to the contrary, no such package has yet been seriously proposed. Jared Bernstein, senior economist with the Economic Policy Institute, has advised that a package should rely on getting funds together for the states, particularly for infrastructure projects, and not into the hands of taxpayers. Infrastructure means jobs - this was made abundantly clear when Congress thought about tinkering with the gas tax. [...] [...] There has been a clamoring for a second stimulus package to offer some relief. Despite the rumors to the contrary, no such package has yet been seriously proposed. Jared Bernstein, senior economist with the Economic Policy Institute, has advised that a package should rely on getting funds together for the states, particularly for infrastructure projects, and not into the hands of taxpayers. Infrastructure means jobs – this was made abundantly clear when Congress thought about tinkering with the gas tax. [...]

]]> http://www.taxgirl.com/gas-tax-holiday-takes-well-a-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-4667 What I enjoyed most last week. « “the tax guy” Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:29:15 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/gas-tax-holiday-takes-well-a-holiday/#comment-4667 [...] we never really thought it was going to happen, did we? Kay from Don’t Mess with Taxes writes Gas tax holiday is dead, higher gas tax is possible. Sure, the oil giants lay off raising prices so now our government is going to. How nice. NOT! [...] [...] we never really thought it was going to happen, did we? Kay from Don’t Mess with Taxes writes Gas tax holiday is dead, higher gas tax is possible. Sure, the oil giants lay off raising prices so now our government is going to. How nice. NOT! [...]

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