INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana is heading into the Memorial Day weekend tied with California for the largest gas price increase — 66 cents a gallon — in the U.S. over the past year.
The increase was partially driven by a 10-cent fuel tax increase the state’s Republican-dominated Legislature enacted last year.
The price of a gallon of gasoline in Indiana surged last week to $2.84. That’s a 30 percent increase. The nation saw a 45-cent increase to $2.81, or 19 percent, over the past year. California’s increase took it to $3.63 cents a gallon, a 22-percent increase.
Indiana’s fuel tax increase was part of a package of tax and fee increases that pumped money into upgrading Indiana’s crumbling roads and bridges. Indiana’s fuel tax rose from 18 cents to 28 cents last July.
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Did you ever notice that no matter how much money is appropriated for “roads” they never get any better? We have another new tax we are paying to repair “roads” yet again. They will be no different. Holcomb has scheduled yet another European vacation with his wife on our dime so we know what the new taxes are really paying for…I travel for work all the time but taking my wife along is a privilege only the elite like Holcomb enjoy. Holcomb is just another in a long line of typical politicians stealing from our pockets to line his own. Wake up Hoosiers! Vote for an independent or tea party type candidate and get this politician out of our government!