New proposals in Rhode Island call for the introduction of tolls at the state line for every interstate highway and a new tax that would be applied to each mile a vehicle is driven. If these proposals go into effect, Rhode Island would be the last place in which you would want to drive.
Despite opposing a tobacco tax increase as a candidate, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear of has stated that he will seek a tax increase on cigarettes at some point during his administration – maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday….
It seems the Pennsylvania government has decided to give itself a little Christmas gift, a $2.5 billion dollar gift which it will take out of the pockets of Keystone State residents through a 25 percent toll increase on the PA turnpike. Revenue derived from the toll hike will be used to pay down debt created by profligate spending in Harrisburg.
Faced with a budget that is projected to go nearly $30 billion in the red over the next 18 months, the California state legislature will convene next Monday to discuss Budget Economics 101. Maybe this was a subject legislators should have boned up on before becoming arbiters of the Golden State’s finances.
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