Post by Logan on Feb 5, 2016 5:00:52 GMT -6
SALEM, N.H. — Speaking on the campaign trail in New Hampshire, Gov. Chris Christie said he has no plans to raise New Jersey's gas tax.
The Republican presidential candidate, fielding a heated question from a former New Jersey resident angered for being forced to leave the Garden State because he said the cost of living was too high, argued that the state's taxes are already too high.
"I'll tell you what I'm not going to do, I'm not going to increase the gas tax while you're sitting here and complaining to me about every other tax being too high, but you want me to spend money on roads," Christie said. "Well, I've spent money on roads and we have the second lowest gas tax in America."
In September, Christie insisted he wouldn't consider raising the state's gas tax to replenish state's rapidly evaporating Transportation Trust Fund unless Democrats agree to other tax cuts first. Instead, he said he would consider signing such an increase, provided it included "tax fairness" for New Jersey residents.
Read more: www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/02/christie_in_nh_im_not_going_to_increase_the_gas_ta.html
The Republican presidential candidate, fielding a heated question from a former New Jersey resident angered for being forced to leave the Garden State because he said the cost of living was too high, argued that the state's taxes are already too high.
"I'll tell you what I'm not going to do, I'm not going to increase the gas tax while you're sitting here and complaining to me about every other tax being too high, but you want me to spend money on roads," Christie said. "Well, I've spent money on roads and we have the second lowest gas tax in America."
In September, Christie insisted he wouldn't consider raising the state's gas tax to replenish state's rapidly evaporating Transportation Trust Fund unless Democrats agree to other tax cuts first. Instead, he said he would consider signing such an increase, provided it included "tax fairness" for New Jersey residents.
Read more: www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/02/christie_in_nh_im_not_going_to_increase_the_gas_ta.html