QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should the governor call a special session to suspend the gas tax?
Matthew Sanders
Republican lawmakers in Missouri are joining up to call for a special session for gas tax relief.
Multiple GOP state representatives have issued statements pushing for Gov. Mike Kehoe to call a special legislative session to vote on suspending Missouri’s 29.5-cent gasoline tax. This coincides with President Donald Trump’s proposal to suspend the federal 18.4-cent gas tax.
However, those savings might not all be passed on to consumers. The experts at the Penn Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania estimate pump prices would fall about 13.2 cents, eventually, if the federal gas tax were suspended. Meanwhile, billions in revenue would be lost.
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