Passing a 10-cent per gallon gas tax is bad enough from the party of low taxes. But, what makes it even worse is how the GOP majority used a sneaky little progressive trick to provide for automatic tax increases after 2023.
According to al.com, “In addition to the 10-cent increase over three years, the bill links the state fuel tax to a national index on highway construction costs that could adjust it by a penny every two years beginning in 2023.”
First lesson in tax policy: ‘Could’ almost always means ‘Most Certainly Will.’
Second lesson is that representatives who vote for a tax increase right after a general election (November 2018) hope that you’ll forget about their tax apostasy by the next general election (2022).