Post by Logan on Feb 4, 2016 3:40:24 GMT -6
JEFFERSON CITY • Top Republicans are pitching a plan to fix Missouri roads and bridges with money being saved by cuts to welfare programs.
Rather than raise the state’s fuel tax, GOP leaders say recent changes in programs for poor people will allow the state to generate $1 billion to $2 billion for road programs over the next decade.
Senate Majority Floor Leader Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City, said the proposal would help Missouri create a “well-developed infrastructure that is critical to ensuring the effective functioning of the economy.”
The measure comes after the endorsement by a Senate committee of a plan to raise the state’s 17-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax by 1.5 cents to launch a road upgrade program. The tax increase concept is also supported by the Missouri Department of Transportation and Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-republicans-push-no-tax-road-funding-plan/article_68c3c5ec-9126-5504-a1b6-800b97bd59dc.html
Rather than raise the state’s fuel tax, GOP leaders say recent changes in programs for poor people will allow the state to generate $1 billion to $2 billion for road programs over the next decade.
Senate Majority Floor Leader Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City, said the proposal would help Missouri create a “well-developed infrastructure that is critical to ensuring the effective functioning of the economy.”
The measure comes after the endorsement by a Senate committee of a plan to raise the state’s 17-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax by 1.5 cents to launch a road upgrade program. The tax increase concept is also supported by the Missouri Department of Transportation and Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-republicans-push-no-tax-road-funding-plan/article_68c3c5ec-9126-5504-a1b6-800b97bd59dc.html