I wish I had a nickel for everytime I heard that the stimulus was going to put Americans to work fixing our crumbling roads and bridges. Well, if that were true, why then is the Chamber of Commerce lobbying the White House to raise gas taxes another 10 cents per gallon to fix roads and bridges?
With over 700 billion stimulus dollars left to spend, what's the problem? Why raise taxes? Just write some checks for all those "shovel ready" projects.
Chamber of Commerce Pushes Increase in Gas Tax - WSJ.com
Funny, I remember Obama telling us that we would not have "any" tax increase under his administration if you made under 250k.
Let's see how long he can hold out.
