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I hope you never live on a fixed income, Where you can't afford go to the store or to the doctor..Prices of food and everything else will go up when gas prices go up..

Taxes are already to high! Besides, taxing people for something they don't use is like paying a national insurance for hurricane damage. Bull!

Were already paying more taxes than we should be paying . What is needed is a citizens oversite board on Missouri State Goverment spending .
I,m betting you put a few citizens like devas on that board . Our services would improve and taxes would go down .

The problem I see in raising fuel taxes is that it would be an overwhelming burden on the poor and elderly on a limited income. The benefit of it would be to try to dissuade people from buying "big" SUVs and trucks that get unheard-of gas milage (

We are already being robbed by the high gas prices, which is unfounded. Barrels of oil have actually come down and not up in the last year, yet the gas prices sky-rocket. Is there anyone in charge that cares to speak up about this? Are the regulators being paid off? I would hope that someone who is a decision maker will stand up to this madness..(Even though their job may be in jeopardy.) I can only believe that people in charge are threatened by others to "hush up" or lose their job. People are "bought" to keep things quiet. In the meantime, the economy will continue to fall. The housing market is already taking a huge hit! The middle class and lower class is wondering at this time how they can possibly survive yet another "BLOW" to their pocket books. AND.. The proposal comes up to raise gas taxes???? WHAT IS WRONG WITH ANOTHER LITTLE INCREASE??? Well, Ameren and Laclede are already gouging and raising rates. Laclede Gas charges all people who sell their home a $150.00 inspection fee for 15 minutes worth of time by their inspectors! I do not pay a lawyer that much! America as we once knew is going down real quick! No one can afford to live anymore unless you are a professional athlete, a politican, or a successful entertainer. The people in "higher up" positions are going to be quiet so that they can survive!! We allow illegal people to work and not pay taxes. We allow people from other countries to mandate and adjust our values. WHAT HAPPENED TO "IN GOD WE TRUST" AND "TOGETHER WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL?" It is now each man for himself? Ridiculous la

The Republicans know they have to raise taxes on our gasoline. I mean, how else are they going to get middle-class people to pay for all the income tax breaks and welfare handouts to the wealthiest of the rich they've passed the last several years?

If they raise income or sales taxes it may be so easy to see that even conservatives may figure it out. So, that leaves the gasoline tax as the only way out. It will be to make our children and babies safer on those nasty highways. That oughta do it!

So, again under Republicans, we the average people pay higher taxes so rich property developers and wealthy oil tycoons and privileged big land owners get their cherished tax breaks and outright tax handouts (like TIFs and grants).

And, wow, this is the best part: Some of these middle-class people STILL SUPPORT Republicans, can you believe that? Our money still goes to frivilous lawsuits and that gosh dern welfare state, according to them.

Wow, what does it take to make it more obvious?