It was a five cent hike in the Federal Gasoline Excise Tax.
FIVE CENTS under Reagan.
A 125% increase.
Why? To improve the USA infrastructure and PUT Americans BACK TO WORK.
This is how government 'maintains' the USA infrastructure. Don't like it, too bad.
I dont' want to hear how Democrats are doing anything any more extreme than past administrations of Republican leadership.
THIS IS PROOF !
Reagan wasn't even facing an economic collapse, but, a recession.
...In 1982, (click title to entry - thank you) the Reagan Administration proposed an increase in the
federal gasoline tax for the purpose of improving and repairing the nation’s highways, based on the
user-fee nature of the tax.
Within the Administration, the fact that the tax was likely to create jobs was also considered as a
reason for the tax increase, although President Reagan did not support government-funded jobs
programs, or tax increases. The Reagan gasoline tax increase passed in both the House and the
Senate and was signed into law on January 5, 1983. It raised the federal tax from 4 cents per
gallon to 9 cents per gallon....
