21/07/2022
Bill White forgets the truth.
He voted to approve the largest tax increase in Missouri history.
The tax was an illegal run around of the Hancock Amendment which mandates a vote/approval of such a tax by the people.
The tax was brought to the voters in 2014, 2016, and 2018. Each time the voters of Missouri rejected the tax.
The tax will now increase incrementally until 2025. It will go from .17 cents a gallon to 29.5 cents per gallon where it will stay.
Two months after the gas tax was approved by the MO Legislature, the Federal Government gave Missouri our share of the stimulus earmarked for roads at $6.9 billion.
In December of 2021 (months after the gas tax was approved) MODOT uses said tax to give employees raises to the tune of $60 million.
Senator Bill White led the charge to pass the gas tax saying the tax could only be used for roads. He was wrong. Why did he not do a better job “vetting” such a bill before he pushed to pass it?
MODOT says the legislature can’t tell them how to spend funds. They have sued the state…using more of YOUR tax dollars.
Thanks, Bill White. Thanks.
Did he tell you the whole story? Probably not.
And every time he tells you the tax will only be the cost of a Big Mac every year… #1. That is a lie. #2. The tax is a violation of the Hancock Amendment.
VOTE HIM OUT! Get rid of any elected official who makes practice of ignoring the people he is said to represent!
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