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Should the Federal Government suspend the gasoline tax?

In June 2022 President Biden called for a three-month suspension of the federal gasoline and diesel tax. A suspension of the 18.4-cents-a-gallon federal gasoline tax and 24.4-cents-a-gallon diesel tax through September would require congressional approval. U.S. gasoline prices began increasing in 2021 and surged to record levels following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Proponents argue that a gas tax holiday would help the average American consumer by bringing down inflation, which reached 8.6% in May 2022. Opponents (including House Republicans and Democrat representatives Steney Hoyer and Nancy Pelosi) argue that the gas tax holiday would not guarantee that the retail price of gas would go down for the consumer and deplete funds available for highways, bridges and other infrastructure projects.

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Response rates from 473 Eco-Socialism voters.

58%
Yes
42%
No
46%
Yes
32%
No
8%
Yes, but only temporarily until prices decline
6%
No, and it should be increased to fund more investment into renewable energy
3%
Yes, and permanently end it
2%
No, and nationalize the energy sector
1%
Yes, and the government needs to lift restrictions on oil companies and pump more gas
2%
No, this would increase inflation

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 @9DDNT2T from Texas  answered…2yrs2Y

No, but it should be reduced.

 @96Y2VYW from Iowa  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, and nationalize the energy sector

 @9DZYVJK from Georgia  answered…1yr1Y

No, just lower it

 @9F9YJ5H from Oklahoma  answered…1yr1Y

Yes and tax the car makers to fund and incentivize renewable energy

 @B2FDCLR from California  answered…2mos2MO

There will be congestion and driving taxes to increase public transportation usage, and vehicles that rely on sources other than petrol will still be taxed.

 @B2BMVMDfrom Washington  answered…2mos2MO

no, it should stay and renewable energy should be encouraged too, but be reduced so people within the working class can afford it.

 @9Y3V9ZS  from Colorado  answered…4mos4MO

If they actually did the maintenance and fixed construction projects I’d be fine with it. Currently I don’t see it working right.

 @9F9WCPX from Virginia  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, but temporarily until prices of gas decline, and lift the restrictions on oil and gas companies and pump more gas.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…4mos4MO

Trump's Deportation Storm: America Braces for Mass Exodus of Immigrants

For months, immigration advocates have been planning for the possibility of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Now, their worst fears have arrived.Immigrants’ rights groups have spent the last year preparing for a second Trump term and an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, analyzing Trump’s proposals, drafting legal briefs, coordinating messaging and organizing aid for immigrants and asylum seekers. They responded to Trump’s victory with alarm and vowed to put up a fight, setting the stage for four more years of contentious court battles with his administration.Some are already preparing to push current leadership at the Department of Homeland Security to take steps to stymie the incoming Trump team, particularly on immigrant detention and the use of AI in enforcement.“We should expect to see the devastation of immigrant communities all over the country. We should expect to see family separation,” said Kica Matos, the president of the National Immigration Law Center. “It is entirely possible that he will try to use the military to carry out deportations, so that means that Americans all over the country will see the military engaging in enforcement against civilian populations, which is horrifying.”Trump, after winning a historic victory on a platform of turbo-charged immigration enforcement, has said he will conduct mass deportations at a scale never before seen. Immigrant advocates have warned this would be expensive and inhumane, separating families and wrecking communities. The president-elect has also vowed to build huge detention camps, hire thousands more border agents, funnel military spending toward border security and invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expel suspected members of drug cartels and criminal gangs without court hearings.He has also said he would end “catch-and-release” — allowing migrants to remain free, often with monitoring, while they await immigration court hearings — and restore a policy from his first term requiring asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their cases are processed. And he has dodged questions about whether he would try to bring back family separation.

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