GSA Business surveyed online readers about whether they supported an increase to the state gas tax. Out of 130 respondents, 97, or 74.62%, answered “Yes,” while 33, or 25.38%, replied “No.”

We then presented readers seven potential pros and cons about the tax increase with options to write in a response and select more than one answer. For this part, 124 people responded. Here’s how they selected:

• 37.90% said “Even 12 cents per gallon is still not enough to meet state Department of Transportation needs.”
• 28.23% said “The income tax cuts are too much and would take funding away from essential services such as education.”
• 20.97% said “Another 10 or 12 cents per gallon should be enough to fix our roads.”
• 20.97% said “How do we know the money won’t go toward local mass transit systems instead of fixing state roads?”
• 20.16% said “The income tax cuts will even out the higher gas tax.”
• 8.87% said “A 10-cent increase is too much to pay.”
• 8.87% said “The income tax cuts will not be enough to offset a higher gas tax.”

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