There's more reporting about the North Carolina gas tax and of course, plenty of lies to go around. Some of the reporting is correct -- like the fact that North Carolina has one of the highest tax rates in the entire country. It's about 30 cents for every gallon of gasoline sold -- and that's on top of the 18.4 cents per gallon that the feds collect.

The big lie that's currently making the rounds is that the gas tax is used by North Carolina to build roads while other states use other funds. The lie claims that other states supplement the road-building funds with other taxes and gas taxes only pay a portion of the costs to build roads. In reality, in North Carolina, a portion of the gas taxes collected are taken OUT of the road-building funds and are placed into the general fund for the Democrat legislators to spend as they please.

There's some in the state legislature that are attempting to lower the gas tax by a whopping 3 cents per gallon. Democrat Governor Easley is very opposed to ANY tax reduction of ANY type and he has voiced his strong opposition to reducing the gas tax specifically.

So when you hear and read the reports about the gas tax in North Carolina, don't forget -- the state is controlled by Democrats and they do NOT want to cut one of the highest gas taxes in the nation for any reason -- and they're lying when they say they're using all the gas tax to fund road-building.

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