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March 17, 2016
New Rutgers-Eagleton poll found that 56 percent of New Jerseyians oppose a gas tax hike.
Ridgewood NJ, Chanel 12 news reports that a new poll conducted by Rutgers-Eagleton Poll found that more than half of New Jersey residents are opposed to a gas tax increase. However, many of New Jersey’s lawmakers say that raising the gas tax is likely to happen.
New Jersey’s transportation fund is set to run out of money in June and the state’s legislators have not yet introduced a way to replenish the fund. Many have mentioned a gas tax hike as a way to increase revenue.
According to lawmakers ,the transportation fund pays more than a billion dollars each year for maintenance and repairs. Lawmakers have until June 30 to renew the fund.
Many political experts say that introducing the hike would be a politically unpopular proposal.
Time to reach deeper in to your pockets dumb ass NJ voters. Raise state income, sales and gasoline taxes by as much as you can – time to make the dumb ass voters of NJ pay much more so I can get my $100k annual pension and free platinum healthcare benefits. I’ll be playing golf in Florida while the rest of you commute with your more expensive gasoline.
As long as the increased gasoline taxes are used to pay for my pension and health benefit I don’t care. The taxpayers are to blame anyway.
Definition of arrogance.Roads and Bridge failing…people dying in accidents…companies leaving NJ IN DROVES..Union thugs crowing from Fort Lauderdale what saps we are back east..
Suck on my fumes NJ taxpayers. Sweeney, Prieto and Sarlo will make sure all the money raised from higher gas taxes goes to pay my pension and health bennys. Then they’ll change the state constitution making sure my benefits get paid out before anything else. You get the government you voted for, suckers.
How many times has a governor or either party used the TTF to balance the state budget with one of their shell-game schemes? Put the money back and the TTF is solvent.
I like the way you two commenters think! I agree with you both 100%