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Mark Spreitzer: “We stopped increasing the gas tax with inflation more than a…”

Featuring: Mark Spreitzer, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 15

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Campaign 2020: Rep. Mark Spreitzer (D) Beloit - 45th Assembly District

Published | Video Starts at 08:10

Transportation is a big debate in your area. Expanding I39. Could you go along with raising the gas tax? I could. I supported that in the last budget. More than a decade ago, We stopped increasing the gas tax with inflation more than a decade ago. mistake. We at minimum need to tie it back to inflation so that it keeps pace. But certainly a modest increase can make up for the inflation that's happened since we last increased. (08:10–08:16)

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Asserts that the gas tax has not been adjusted for inflation for over ten years.

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