Opinion | Maryland Suspension of Gas Tax –

Gas prices at the Timonium gas station on March 12, Md. (Julio Cortes / AP)

As for the March 19 article on the subway, “government officials are suspending natural gas bills for a month due to high prices.”

The Post recently reported that Maryland and Georgia are temporarily suspending their gas bills. These are the two states that I know of as I am a Transportation Economist in the Department of Transportation in Georgia and Morgan State University in Baltimore. The state of Maryland is particularly ironic.

A few years ago, the legislature introduced not one but two inflation measures to raise taxes on gas along with inflation, thereby increasing inflation. Instead of acting like our lawmakers and making tough decisions, lawmakers taxed on autopilot. Now, the gas tax does exactly what it was supposed to do: significantly increase the tax revenue in the transport fund in a time of high inflation. The legislator is now trying to reduce gas taxes. It will be the same relief that wealthy Tesla owners already have: there is no road tax in Maryland, except that Tesla owners have permanent benefits, but low- and moderate-income drivers only receive temporary benefits.

30 days later, what will parliament do when the gas bill increases in July, as planned?

Z.Andrew Farkas, silver bow

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Source: Washington Post

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