Shameful push polling by the SN. Gas tax proposal.

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

I assume it's relevant for this community, since the SN's main office is in Davis Sq. Their recent poll asks:

"Interactive Poll

Are you in favor of Governor Patrick’s new gas tax proposal that would make Massachusetts the nation’s highest gasoline tax by raising it 19 cents, to 42.5 cents a gallon? "

http://www.thesomervillenews.com/

SN, tell us what you really think about the proposal.

This is just an excuse to ask what everybody thinks about the proposal. I'm neutral, since I don't drive.

Comments

[m00n.livejournal.com]

They should definitely receive help from the tax in other ways, but for them as with everyone else, this tax should make taking the train more cost effective than driving a car.

Again, though, there is the unavoidable reality that the cost of oil WILL go up again eventually. No matter how you redistribute it the money, the net result in the short term is that having the government gradually increase the tax on fuel will help soften the blow for people at all ends of the income spectrum.