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Filibusters set to begin over higher gas
taxes for South Carolina Edgefielddaily.com web posted May 14, 2005 Senate Majority Leader Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence along with Senate Minority Leader John Land, D-Manning are pushing an increase on the current 16.8 cents per gallon tax on gasoline at the pump. That has many South Carolina Republicans set to take on their own leadership. “It’s dead, it’s just that simple,” Sen. Greg Ryberg, R-Aiken told Edgefield Daily.com. Sen. Jake Knotts, R-West Columbia and Sen. David Thomas, R-Fountain Inn say if the measure makes it way through the next session there would be filibusters like “World War lll” according to reported quotes. The current federal tax on gas is 18.4 cents per gallon, combined with the state tax that totals 35.2 cents per gallon, or 18% of the cost of a galloon of gas. With the new tax 22% of the price of each gallon of gas would be taxes, or 23.8 cents per gallon state tax for a 42.2 cents total taxes per gallon. Most Republicans argue the tax increase would hamper the current growth on revenues in the state which has been between 5 and 6 percent. Other South Carolina congressional members say the road maintenance funds should come as a line item on the general budget to reduce, not increase, the taxes on gas an increase the funding for road projects. Sen. Ryberg’s office said the state is looking to receive a budget surplus this year of at least one quarter of a billion dollars and by channeling the funds for state roads into a budget item would streamline the funding and supply the necessary funds for improvements to secondary roads. “It absurd,” to raise the taxes on gas his office said. An Edgefield Daily.com source in Columbia who commented on condition of anonymity stated, “No matter what happens (Governor Mark) Sanford will veto it if it somehow finds its way to his desk.” Most House and Senate members say it will never get that far. Return to Main Page
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