LI lawmakers propose gas tax reduction

Gasoline prices in New York could be reduced by 32 cents a gallon for the summer if seven Long Island Republican assemblymen have their way.

[Tommy]

Do it! Dont drag your feet on it!

[Hell yeah]

God yes. But you know the Dems, they'll worry about the decrease in tax revenue, and since they're the majority they'll strike it down.

[George Lopez]

What happened did the alarm clock go off ?
It's about time that some off these so called politicians did
something for the American family suffering from the high
prices of all fuel taxes !

[Smart 65]

Get rid of those gas guzzlers and it might just come down by itself

[Franklin Square Resident]

Ill believe it when i see it, all political spin talk, the Dem's need the tax money

[Please Spare Me]

Well...do SOMETHING.

[bravo]

Just Do It. Get It Done, NOW. and GOOD THINKING !!!(that didnt hurt, did it?).

Lets have some more smarts from our pols. Class? OK, Johnnie, you in the back of the room with your hand up. What's your idea?

[Rockys Ghost]

The dirty secret is the ones profiting the most through all of these higher gas prices are the politicians.

Afterall, they put no capital at risk to explore for oil or produce gasoline. They simply get an exorbitant amount of money for doing nothing but worsening the problem by insisting on a multitude of gasoline blends, ethanol subsidiess, and then prohibiting known reserves from exploration, compounded by the fact that they have made it virtually impossible to build ne refineries. Then, on top of it, they add all sorts of taxes.

The politicians have the biggest rackett going.

[Jimmy Crack Corn]

These legislators better start doing SOMETHING. The foot is on everyone's neck - between food, gasoline and even BEER - the red-blooded American populous will only take so long before they start doing whatever they need to do to take their standard of living back to a comfortable zone.

[shameless-li]

32 cents is nothing, bring the price back down to about 2 dollars a gallon where it belongs.

charge an extra surcharge at the stations for people who drive SUVs, vans, etc, and leave the rest of us normal sized car drivers alone. we did not create this gas problem by supply and demand.

[Guardian Angel]

Rockys Ghost wrote:

The dirty secret is the ones profiting the most through all of these higher gas prices are the politicians.
Afterall, they put no capital at risk to explore for oil or produce gasoline. They simply get an exorbitant amount of money for doing nothing but worsening the problem by insisting on a multitude of gasoline blends, ethanol subsidiess, and then prohibiting known reserves from exploration, compounded by the fact that they have made it virtually impossible to build ne refineries. Then, on top of it, they add all sorts of taxes.
The politicians have the biggest rackett going.

Thas=ts not true, according to the posters its the gas guzzling SUV's !!!

[Guardian Angel]

shameless-li wrote:

32 cents is nothing, bring the price back down to about 2 dollars a gallon where it belongs.
charge an extra surcharge at the stations for people who drive SUVs, vans, etc, and leave the rest of us normal sized car drivers alone. we did not create this gas problem by supply and demand.

Vans, trucks....Do that and see how much items in your local stores go up. See how much it costs to call a repairman or contractor to have work done on your house. Bet you didnt think of that did you.

[Guardian Angel]

Jimmy Crack Corn wrote:

These legislators better start doing SOMETHING. The foot is on everyone's neck - between food, gasoline and even BEER - the red-blooded American populous will only take so long before they start doing whatever they need to do to take their standard of living back to a comfortable zone.

Im having a hard time about the gas but now they want me to pay more for BEER !!!! Its time... Take my car, take my house but touch my BEER and you will be in a world of HURT !!!

[The Litmus Test]

Let's see who votes against it and then make sure they lose their seats in the next election.

[Please Spare Me]

Guardian Angel wrote:

<quoted text>
Im having a hard time about the gas but now they want me to pay more for BEER !!!! Its time... Take my car, take my house but touch my BEER and you will be in a world of HURT !!!

I'm with you on that one GA.

[Guzzlers Reward]

The idiot plan rewards the owners of Gas and passes the cost onto those who conserve.

This is stupidity could only have been dreamed up by the Detroit Automakers who regrettably control both Albany and DC1

[Don]

I hope everybody is voicing their opinions to there local politicians to get this done

[Nick]

Good of you to show us all how all you environmentalist are just plain ole gas bags. All that spouting about using less gas, polluting less, et al is just so much green house hot air, hey? The price is up - IT'S A GOOD THING. This forces people to conserve.

Now, for once, can you scums actually do as you preach?

[hmmmmmm]

We'll all be paying that 32 cents again soon enough.

[No Thanks]

Yes, another band -aid instead of fixing the problem the gov't has known about for more than 30 years.