A crow flies over the sign of a gas station in Bartow County. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder.
Georgia motorists could soon be paying less at the pump thanks to a healthy state budget surplus, and analysts say they may get another surprise assist from the earth’s axial tilt.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Tuesday he plans to suspend the state’s fuel tax, declaring a state of emergency due to high levels of inflation. The suspension is set to go into effect Wednesday and last through Oct. 12. Kemp’s office said the cut will save Georgians 31.2 cents per gallon of gasoline and 35 cents per gallon of diesel.
Kemp placed the blame for high gas prices squarely on the shoulders of President Joe Biden.
“From runaway federal spending to policies that hamstring domestic energy production, all Bidenomics has done is take more money out of the pockets of the middle class,” Kemp said in a statement. “While high prices continue to hit family budgets, hardworking Georgians deserve real relief and that’s why I signed an executive order today to deliver it directly to them at the pump. Working with partners in the General Assembly, we’ll continue to help Georgians weather the economic headwinds caused by this president, his administration, and their allies in Congress.”
h/t Pastor Guest
Almost a month of GA state taxes removed from gasoline and diesel.
I do NOTICE that it’s in the 30 cents per gallon range. I wonder what democrat states state taxes on fuel happens to be. In NH it’s almost 24 cents per.
Good news for almost a month. A nice change.
North Carolina has the highest gas taxes out of all the Southern states, this is what the democrats have done to us when they are in power these Cretan democrats always raise the gas taxes for their social services scam on the people of our state.
maybe Hawaii’s gov could do something….$4.75 reg, $4-95 for plus, and $5,25 for super most all the station on Oahu.
Lucky us in WA. Inslee added an open ended “climate change” tax to our fuel cost that is adding .50/gal with no ceiling. I’m paying $5/gal on the Peninsula.
Aha! I wondered why gas prices dropped so precipitously on Wednesday.