Mass. drivers face 19-cent gas tax hike under plan
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> By GLEN JOHNSON
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> BOSTON
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> The Massachusetts gasoline tax would rise by 19 cents a gallon -- to a
> nation-leading 42.5 cents -- under a transportation system overhaul Gov.
> Deval Patrick was scheduled to unveil Friday, top aides said.
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> Actually, they settled on 27 cents per gallon, making a nation leading
> $0.50 cents per gallon.
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> Also:
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> Combined with the 18.4-cent federal gas tax, the change would leave Bay
> State drivers paying 60.9 cents in fuel surcharges on every gallon of gas
> they buy. It could also stave off a proposed doubling of Massachusetts
> Turnpike tolls slated to take place this spring, assuming the Legislature
> acts quickly to approve it.
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> The Mass Pike was supposed to be free and self-sufficient, and turned over
> to state control in 1970. Nothing happened, and the Mass Pike Authority
> was a drain on Mass taxpayers for years. Now we ALL have to pay for it,
> whether we use it or not.
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