Koch brothers try to kill gas tax hike

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Some Republicans have very slowly come around to an idea that is anathema to their less-is-more governing philosophy: raising the federal tax on gasoline. Even President Trump, eager to find new revenue to fund infrastructure and to take on the mantle of a builder-in-chief, is on board.

That presidential pressure, however, may not matter for vulnerable Republicans in need of campaign cash: A pair of powerful GOP donors, David and Charles Koch, don’t want to see the new tax and are pushing back hard on multiple fronts.

“I urge you to oppose the 25-cent gasoline tax increase to fund infrastructure legislation,” Philip Ellender, president of government and public affairs at Koch Companies Public Sector, told members of Congress last week.

“Just as many Americans are starting to see more money in their pockets from tax reform, ask yourself: Does the government want to take back a large portion of this tax relief to pay for more government spending?” he continued in his letter.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2018/02/21/the-energy-202-koch-brothers-try-to-kill-gas-tax-hike/5a8c8de830fb047655a06835/?utm_term=.bc1761ff24d5

[DonCoquixote]

1. it;s going to be fun watching rich old men fight

The one bit of spending Trump wants to do is opposed by the Koches. Let these two fight, and then let us carry off the winner to jail!

[ProfessorGAC]

2. That's Not Their Reason

If the gov't raises that money and spends on infrastructure (although i oppose the gas excise as regressive economics), it dramatically slows down the privatization path the Koch's are on.

That's the one and only reason they oppose it. The "little people's" dollars have nothing to do with it.