Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140715:00:38:00
Or there's something in the senate that has to do with a fund for coal miners who are owed payments. they want to use this for that. republicans previously proposed to use this to repeal the medical device task. >> the underlying thing is we haven't raised the gas tax. that strikes me as -- there are arguments against the gas tax and arguments on distributional equity in terms of who gets hit by a gas tax. that, to me, is the problem. >> right. so given we haven't raised the gas tax in 21 years, it's fallen by 31% in real terms. cars have gotten more fuel efficient. gas tax is like a user fee....
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