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Gas tax holiday would benefit low-income Iowans
Hal Penick
Mar. 15, 2022 6:52 pm
With gas prices at record highs a growing number of governors and state lawmakers, both Democrat and Republican, are considering a temporary suspension of state gas taxes to help provide relief to motorists. House Speaker Pat Grassley says it is unlikely that Iowa would consider such a move as the 30 cents per-gallon people would save at the pump would delay projects to improve Iowa roads and bridges. After passing an income-tax cut that overwhelmingly favors the wealthy, reducing gas prices that would provide a greater benefit to low-income Iowans is just not acceptable to Grassley and his party, which we hear constantly is all about fairness.
Hal Penick
Iowa City
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