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John Leiber: “The gas tax is going to make an increasingly significant…”

Featuring: John Leiber, Republican | Wisconsin Treasurer

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Campaign 2018: John Leiber (R) Candidate for 62nd Assembly District

Published | Video Starts at 01:48

I don't support increasing the gas tax. You do not? No, I don't think the gas tax is a sustainable way to fund our transportation going forward. With fuel efficiency, increasing electric cars, The gas tax is going to make an increasingly significant smaller and smaller contribution to the transportation fund. I've heard some other ideas out there, so I'm willing to kind of explore some. Maybe dedicating some more funding towards transportation without raising the taxes. That seems promising. (01:48–01:55)

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Asserts that the gas tax will contribute less to transportation funding over time.

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