Gas tax increase debated in Mississippi
JACKSON, MS (WLOX) – Every time you fill up your gas tank, you’re paying about 18 cents a gallon in state taxes. To build new roads and maintain existing ones, the Mississippi Department of Transportation is proposing an increase to that state tax.
When Garret McDaniel heard the state gas tax could go up, his first reaction was, “Another tax?”
“We’re already getting taxed on everything else,” McDaniel continued. “Everything’s going up. I can barely afford to get enough gas to afford to drive.”
The most widely discussed number so far is a five cent tax increase.
WLOX
9/16/9
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