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Federal gas tax for the next 90 days, we can bring down the price of gas and give families just a little bit of relief. second action i m taking is calling on states to either suspend the state gas tax as well, or find other ways to deliver some relief. so there you ve got president biden yesterday calling for a three-month suspension of the $0.18 federal tax that currently charges per gallon for regular gas. and $0.24 on diesel, now averaging nearly six bucks. our next guest who owns a trucking company says it s not enough to help that industry. joining us right now is the ceo of load one john elliott. john good morning to you. good morning steven thank you for having me. steve: great to have you as well. this is a gimmick. is that going to help your industry? absolutely not. if anything, it s going to hurt our industry in the long run. you know, we finally passed a comprehensive infrastructure bill to help rebuild the roads and bridges in this country. this just strips the fu ....
Summer season, busy travel season, here is what that means. every time you go to the gas station to fill your tank the federal government charges an $0.18 tax per gallon of gas that you purchase. and $0.24 tax per gallon of diesel you purchase. it s a tax that s been around for 90 years. it s important because we use it for the highway trust fund to keep our highways going. but, what i m proposing is suspending the federal gas tax without affecting the highway trust funds and here is how we do that. with the tax revenues up this year, and our deficit down over $1.6 trillion this year alone, we ll still be able to fix our highways and bring down the prices of gas. we can do both at the same time. by suspending the $0.18 federal gas tax for the next 90 days we can bring down the price of gas and give families just a little bit of relief. ....
sandra: america s energy crisis, president biden will ask congress to suspend the gas tax for summer. critics say it will have little impact on american wallets and could make the inflation situation worse. hello, welcome, everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. the president will request a three month suspension of the gas tax through september, currently $0.18 a gallon for gasoline. $0.24 a gallon for diesel. studies show a move like this does not save people all that much money but does cost the government billions of dollars in revenue. sandra: former president obama famously called it a gimmick in 2008, and all of this as we expect president biden to pin the blame once again on his ....
$0.18 a gallon for gasoline, $0.24 for diesel and sandra, particularly interesting, the president calling on the states to do the same thing with the state gas tax, and in the commonwealth of virginia, where the governor wanted the state gas tax lifted for a holiday, democrats in the senate refused to do it, one democratic senator saying we finally have enough money to maintain, fix and repair the roads in virginia, why would we take the tax off now. at one point the background behind the president changed, you notice the video screen, what it was, at the point where he railed on the putin price hike idea for raising gas prices to where they are today, there was a ukrainian flag there, and almost the case if you complain about rising gas prices that you are somehow against helping ukraine. very confusing how he laid that out there, but he did make the official announcement. he said at one point let s be honest here and john i think anybody listening, any american ....
They re very selfless once given a second chance. it is heartbreaking to hear that people who were incarcerated were having to get out there and try to save lives. and i hope that helps us understand people who are incarcerated aren t just not worthy of a second chance. if anything that shows that people like them deserve them. yeah, absolutely. you re joining us from the celebration bowl, the football game between hbcus there in atlanta. i think about the folks there who will graduate trying to get good jobs and you think about the employers who are exploiting this labor, inmates or incarcerated people in kentucky were paid $0.18 to $0.24 an hour. some people were paid as little as $2.25 a day with this kind of labor. this has to stop. this is disgusting to see. what s your take? i ve lived through three hurricanes, and i can tell you a tornado is even more devastating because it jumps upon you without any warning whatsoever. ....