Help Stop an Increase to the Iowa Gas Tax!
The 2012 Legislative session has started with talk of a possible gas tax increase. Currently, there is no bill in the House or Senate that proposes a gas tax increase, but it has been named as a priority by Legislators in both chambers.
Iowans for Tax Relief is urging the Iowa Legislature not to raise the gas tax on Iowans at this time because:
- Gasoline prices are predicted to spike this summer. Iowans will already be paying a larger portion of their family budgets for transportation.
- More research needs to be done. Little discussion or research about the impact a gas tax increase would have on communities that border Iowa. We believe a study of border communities would find that significant numbers of non-Iowans, who come to Iowa weekly to buy gas, groceries, etc, would rethink those trips and stay home if Iowa had a higher gas tax.
- We support the Governor and Legislators who plan to ask the Department of Transportation to find efficiencies to help pay for road repair, rather than a blanket gas tax increase that would harm Iowans’ wallets.
Email your Legislators to ask them not to raise the gas tax! Click here to find their e-mail addresses.