As recently as 2011, Obama claimed that a gas tax would do nothing more than make life harder for the poor Americans who would be forced to bear the brunt of such a measure. Apparently, the President has decided that he was wrong before, a change of heart probably brought about by his need for considerable amounts of cash for his green transportation hobby horse.
“President Barack Obama has just proposed a $10 tax on every barrel of oil produced in the U.S., but it was just five years ago the president warned making fuel more expensive harms poor people the most.
Obama told Georgetown University students in a 2011 speech that ‘rising prices at the pump affect everybody -– workers, farmers, truck drivers, restaurant owners, students who are lucky enough to have a car.’
Five years down the road, Obama is proposing a 30 percent tax on each U.S. barrel of oil — since oil is hovering around $30 per barrel. What’s interesting is that in 2011, Obama himself said a $10 rise in oil prices translated to a 25 cent rise in gasoline prices.
‘And every time the price of a barrel of oil on the world market rises by $10, a gallon of gas goes up by about 25 cents,’ Obama said in 2011.
By his own logic, he just imposed a 25 cent gas tax.”
Source: Daily Caller
Typical obummer
Somebody fire this guy, PLEASE!!!
I hope this$#%&!@*and his abomination of a wife knows they are not welcome in this country. Impeach and arrest for treason , them and all politicians that supported them
Screw this$#%&!@*hat. Done paying for his garbage causes
Propose this obama
This demon is unreal
Jerry Can, spoken like a liberal card toting kool-aid drinking obama lover.
Obama, is sheer Evil.
His taxes hurt the poor blacks and whites and Hispanics. Does he care? The democrats only want your votes.
ILLEGAL tax hike