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SmartVoter22

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3. The GOP lowered taxes on trucks recently.
Tue Apr 21, 2020, 01:41 PM
Apr 2020

Raisethe semi-truck road taxes back up, and build a damn pipeline for fuels to get to Green Bay,
Everything comes by truck now, because Gov. Scott Walker and the GOP are too cheap to repair the 60+ yr old pipline that broke and is probably still leaking fuels underground along the route. It would also be a great project to employ those who lost jobs during the pandemic.

or, change the requirement that road repairs & construction can only use road taxes. It might be time to re-evaluate how we raise taxes and what they get spent on. If road taxes penalize regular consumers while subsidizing commercial transport, we should flip that one on it's head.

Stop subsidizing commercial use. If they want to use roads for commerce, well those taxes are just part of doing business.

The GOP's mindset of "no-cost commerce' is nonsense. Especially with our roads.

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