Ye old gas tax issue - again...

"Taxing Timmy will ride this loser into the sunset. He is acting like a 'dog faced pony soldier' (thanks for that one, Joe). Meanwhile, the only ones to suffer (again) will be the taxpayer." 

Good old Taxing Timmy. That good old carpetbagger from Nebraska is licking his chops once again. Gas tax. This time around, he wants an additional 15 cents a gallon. Does he have rocks in his socks? When we left Minnesota and traveled south, we left the high taxes of Minnesota behind. In each state, the price of gasoline (because of taxes) dropped more and more every state. Until that is, we got to Florida. Then the price of gas went up again - but not as high as Minnesota's.

Did I mention that when we went to Alabama earlier this week I needed to fill up? For $1.99/gallon. "Oh, sure bird! But I bet the roads looked like crap!". No - actually, they looked fine. As did the roads in Missouri ($2.08/gallon) and Florida ($2.20/gallon). "But the southern states do not have the wear and tear of winter!". True. But they do have some pretty tough heat in the summer which can cause the roads to buckle.

So what is it? Come on Timmy, fess up! We all know the real answer. Choo-choo trains. Those crime magnets, which cost the taxpayers a mint. If our taxes went strictly for roads, Minnesota would be in great shape. But the morons in Minnesota decided in 2018 to vote for a progressive statist, instead of a true tax reformer. So now Minnesota is stuck with this lemon. And the exodus of seniors who are leaving Minnesota continues to go up. Why? To paraphrase James Carville - "It's the taxes, stupid!".

Here is the irony of any additional gas taxes. With Ford and GM (as well as others) going towards a majority fleet of hybrids and EVs, every year the amount of gas tax collected will go down. It is as simple as that. But Walz is simple. He does not understand much. Whether we like it or not, every state will be going towards a usage tax - not a gas tax. That is what he should be proposing. A usage tax for roads only. Phasing it in over the next two to three years. That is what smart government would do. Too bad we did not elect the guy who would have given us smart and efficient government.

Taxing Timmy will ride this loser into the sunset. He is acting like a "dog faced pony soldier" (thanks for that one, Joe). Meanwhile, the only ones to suffer (again) will be the taxpayer. But who cares about them? Remember, money grows on trees in St. Paul - or so we have been told by the DFL.