{"id":786,"date":"2012-06-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/gasoline-tax-roy-taylor-sgrc-2011-09-19.html"},"modified":"2012-06-05T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T13:00:00","slug":"gasoline-tax-roy-taylor-sgrc-2011-09-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/gasoline-tax-roy-taylor-sgrc-2011-09-19.html","title":{"rendered":"Gasoline tax? &mdash;Roy Taylor @ SGRC 2011-09-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/8Ab9YYdwgR8\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"    class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b0168ec0652e1970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b0168ec0652e1970c-pi.jpg\" \/><\/a> Roy Taylor pointed out gas taxes are higher in Florida, and:<\/p>\n<blockquote>The people who use the gas pay the tax.<\/blockquote>\n<p>Then he told a story about a woman he knows who can&#39;t afford T-SPLOST.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, he seemed to be proposing a gasoline tax to pay for transportation projects, an idea which I&#39;ve been floating for some time. That&#39;s how <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956\"> Eisenhower paid for the Interstate Highway System:<\/a> gasoline and diesel fuel taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/8Ab9YYdwgR8\"> the video:<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Ab9YYdwgR8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small> Gasoline tax? \u2014Roy Taylor <br \/> T-SPLOST Public Meeting, Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC), <br \/>Corey Hull, <br \/> Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 19 September 2011. <br \/> Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE). <\/small><\/p>\n<p>-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roy Taylor pointed out gas taxes are higher in Florida, and: The people who use the gas pay the tax. 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