Buttigieg Says Gas-Tax Hike Would Violate Biden Campaign Pledge
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Pete Buttigieg
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday that President Joe Biden opposes raising the federal gasoline tax because it would violate his pledge to not raise taxes on middle-class Americans.
“The President’s made a commitment that this administration will not raise taxes on people making less than $400,000 a year,” Buttigieg said during a Friday appearance on Bloomberg Radio’s “Sound On” show. “And so that rules out approaches like the old fashioned gas tax.”