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RipTide275 t1_j2tfmdp wrote

Reply to comment by Minute_Helicopter_91 in New year, new gas tax hike in Pennsylvania (headline) by 106473

This is the first time that this has happened since the law went into effect," said Alexis Campbell, a spokeswoman for PennDOT.

The spokeswoman from Penndot disagrees with you.

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Minute_Helicopter_91 t1_j2tgcgb wrote

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/12/get_ready_for_another_gas_tax.html

3 times the gas tax has gone up prior to this last one.

And apparently, you glossed over the most important part of the article as to why it’s going up this year:

A provision in the law sets the "floor" of the wholesale gas price at $2.99, PennDOT says. If the price remains above this level for 12 months, the fuel tax rate increases. The average wholesale price is now $3.17.

So total, the gas tax has increased 4 times.

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