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Posts tagged as “gasoline”

Sen. Novstrup Shares Comparison of Road Tax-Fix Plans

How I wish I could be in Aberdeen to join Ken Santema at the Legislative crackerbarrels! My Libertarian blogospheric colleague is providing excellent coverage of Legislative issues. Yesterday he got hold of a useful handout from Senator David Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen)…

Thune Signals GOP Willing to Discuss Raising Gasoline Tax

Senator John Thune is promising sanity in Washington. Not only does he say "We're not going to shut the government down" in the GOP's ongoing attacks on President Obama, but he offers the home folks (i.e., Dennis Daugaard) some cover…

War on Energy? Obama Fuel Standards Help Lower Gasoline Prices

Pat Powers keeps using the phrase "war on energy," as in, "the Obama Administration[']s EPA continues to prosecute their war on energy production." Hey, Pat, buy gas lately? I saw $2.19 per gallon yesterday. If these gas prices are a…

10-Cent Gasoline Tax Hike Has Big Business Support

The GOP spin machine is trying really hard to scare Republicans away from investing $100 million in South Dakota roads by calling "the single largest tax increase in state history." Pat Powers tries to lower expectations and deter support by…

Fix Highway Trust Fund: Penny Decrease Now, Index to Inflation?

What?! Kristi Noem still hasn't fixed the Highway Trust Fund? What do we pay our Congresswoman for? While Kristi's colleagues fiddle with short-term stopgaps to fill our potholes, a new study funded by the Soybean Transportation Coalition suggests that a…

Non-Economist Begalka Says Obama Lowers Gas Prices, Hates America

District 4 Senate candidate Steve Street says his opponent, Senator Tim Begalka, posted the following nonsense on Facebook Tuesday: "Just as I predicted a couple months ago when gas was at its highest, Obama has seen to it that gas…