Trenton Warns “Gas Tax” Could Rise in October !

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Trenton NJ, On Monday, the Office of Legislative Services analyst David Drescher warned state legislators that a dip in fuel consumption could trigger an automatic increase in the “gas tax” again this upcoming October.

“The Office of Legislative Services forecast assumes that the statutory target will be met for fiscal year 2020, which might necessitate a further increase in the tax rate if consumption does not substantially increase between now and the fall,” said Drescher.

New Jersey’s gas tax rose 22.6 cents to 37.1 cents per gallon back in October 2016 following a widely-panned deal struck between then-Governor Chris Christie and Democrat legislative leaders.The controversial law includes an automatic annual increases to fuel consumption.

The Ridgewood blog warned at the time that absent the law of supply and demand we would see further increases ,consequently, the New Jersey gas tax rose another 4.3 cents in fall 2018 and appears likely to rise again on a regular basis.

A reader summed it up ,”They jacked up the gas tax and the roads are worse than ever.It was public that it went up 37.5 cents….. But silently it went up another 4 cents in the fall since revenue dropped…
The morons in Trenton caused Gallons sold to drop since the truckers won’t fuel up here unless necessary since it’s not a deal any more.This is what happens when the majority of the morons in Trenton are from the shit hole cities that drain the state treasury.”