ANNAPOLIS, Md. – House Republicans today pressed their Democratic colleagues to extend Maryland’s gas tax holiday. Delegate Brenda Thiam offered an amendment on the House floor that would extend the gas tax holiday another 45 days. As it stands, the gas tax holiday will end on April 16.
“Gas prices are still high and many of our citizens are still struggling to cover the cost,” said Delegate Brenda Thiam. “There are many middle-class families whose family budgets will see no boost from the niche sales tax exemptions we’ve passed this session and will not realize the benefits of the retirement tax changes any time soon. They’re also the families that are paying higher prices for food, energy, and, like us all, higher prices at the pump. While there is not much we can do in Maryland to impact gas prices, we can help our citizens by continuing the gas tax holiday.”
According to AAA, the average cost of regular gas is $3.766 per gallon. Adding back the .36 cent gas tax would push the average cost of regular gas well over $4 per gallon.
“As much tax relief as we have passed this session, there is still a large swath of Marylanders who will see little-to-no real tax relief,” said House Minority Leader Jason Buckel. “Our economy is in an inflationary spiral led by fuel costs that impact everything. Extending this gas tax holiday is short-term, but necessary relief for our citizens.”
House Democrats opposed the amendment, claiming the State could not afford the extension and the Transportation Trust Fund would take too big of a hit even in a year of record surpluses.
The cost of the 45-day extension would be approximately $140 million, based on the cost of the 30-day extension. When the budget passed last week, Maryland had an extra $2.7 BILLION in the Rainy Day Fund.
“I do not typically agree with the Comptroller of Maryland, but he says we can afford this,” said House Minority Whip Haven Shoemaker. “In fact, he is advocating for a 90-day extension of the gas tax holiday. This proposal is much more modest, surely we can afford it.”
His comments were echoed by Delegate Jeff Ghrist, the Ranking Republican member of the House Appropriations Committee.
“We can absolutely afford this extension,” said Delegate Ghrist. “We have extra dollars in the Rainy Day Fund and we have billions of dollars coming to us next year from the federal government. There is absolutely no reason to try to scare people into thinking their roads will not be paved if we extend the gas tax holiday for another 45 days. It is completely incorrect.”
The debate on the amendment was abruptly ended and the amendment was rejected 47-82, with several Democratic members not voting at all.
Keep on voting Democrat. They’re inti American.
They also know how to spell anti…next you will be wanking about the condition of the roads. You see the gas tax helps pay for those. You may want to compare the price of a barrel of oil to the price of gas. You see the last time oil prices were this high the price per gallon was 4 times the value it is know. This isn’t a political matter. For the record, I am an independent. I think both parties have done a terrible job. So running around going FJB and trumptard only makes the problems worse.
With regard to these 3 idiots, going to jail for some make up. Doesn’t seem like a political matter either.
I hope everyone who voted for Biden are happy now. High gas,inflation,may go to war. Always playing the race card. The whole Biden family is crooked
“You see the last time oil prices were this high the price per gallon was 4 times the value it is know.”
Yeah, everybody got that. Huh?
FJB!!!
Weep in it Dumb Dog!
What’s your democrap president doing about gas prices??? Nothing
What’s your president doing about inflation??? Nothing
Funny because this article shows republicans helping Americans, but that cannot be!
Thank you, again, for showing everyone how uninformed and stupid you are. 1. The President of the United States (no matter what party he is from) has NO control over gas prices. 2. The President of the United States has no control over inflation. System wide inflation comes under the purview of monetary policy which is the responsibility of the Federal Reserve. 3. The current inflationary spike is caused by three things: significant supply chain/labor shortages, monetary policy that has stayed too accomodative for too long and a war involving a major world supplier of energy. Given your kindergarten level of educational attainment, I don’t suppose you will understand anything I just said.
You dumbocrats blamed republicans for everything so I’m returning the favor!!!! You dumbocrats blamed the republicans for the scamdemic!!! Weep in it!!!! FJB FJB FJB. also FBD FBD FBD
As usual, that is a really immature and uniformed response that has nothing to do with my post.
As usual you’ve been toasted!!! You should really think about leaving this site, because literally everyone blasts you
FBD FBD FBD FBD FBD FBD FBD
All of which is caused by dumbocrats such as yourself
As usual, that is a really immature and uniformed response that has nothing to do with my post and simply proves my point that you wouldn’t understand what I posted.
Oh and BTW…cutting the gas tax doesn’t do a damn thing to combat the underlying pricing issues. But I don’t suppose you can comprehend that either.
Well you’re rich beyond imagination so sure yes you don’t care about taxes. That’s pocket change for yourself
And again, your post is an immature response that has nothing to do with what I posted.
Once again you’ve been toasted! You can’t come back at me with anything that’s why you keep posting that
why isn’t the gas tax disclosed at the gas pump? Why isn’t the cigarette (tobacco) tax disclosed where cigarettes are (sit down 2$ a pack)? woah – wait a minute, is the $2 a pack enough to make someone stop smoking, possibly? Why are tolls called tolls instead of taxes? Is there something about the word tax, handing in mid- air that would be an issue? Inquiring minds want to know.
Why would the gas or cigarette taxes need to be disclosed at the point of sale? Anyone with an internet connection can easily look it up. Its all publicly available information.
Lol because everything else is disclosed at point of sale mr know it all
“Dumb dogs best friend says: April 10, 2022 at 7:22 am As usual you’ve been toasted!!! You should really think about leaving this site, because literally everyone blasts you FBD FBD FBD FBD FBD FBD FBD” As usual, your reply in an infantile response and has nothing whatsoever to do with what I posted. You have offered no actual reply to my post. So, I again thank you for proving that you would not understand anything I put in that post.
“Dumb dogs best friend says: April 10, 2022 at 7:20 am Once again you’ve been toasted! You can’t come back at me with anything that’s why you keep posting that” Once again another infantile response. Since you can’t understand, I am submitting the same reply to all your posts because you have nothing of value to say. You have nothing of value to say because you aren’t very bright and simply lack the ability to provide a rebuttal.
And I’ll keep asking the same simple question, when we gonna meet in person?
And once again, your reply has nothing whatsoever to do with anything.
Oh, here’s another L
Another infantile post that has nothing to do with my comments or the article.
“Dumb dogs best friend says: April 10, 2022 at 6:56 pm Lol because everything else is disclosed at point of sale mr know it all” Really? Please explain “everything else” that is disclosed at the point of sale.