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(NJ) Gas-tax increase is a volatile issue among the voters
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| Contributor | User 13 |
| Last Edited | User 13 Jan 16, 2006 08:46pm |
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| Category | Poll |
| Media | Newspaper - Philadelphia Inquirer |
| News Date | Sunday, January 15, 2006 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Most legislators and Gov.-elect Jon S. Corzine are leery about raising New Jersey's gasoline tax to revive a fund for road and rail improvements, and their nervousness is well-founded, according to a new poll.
Three-quarters of state voters polled said they did not want the tax raised, and fewer than a fifth said they favored the idea, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll released yesterday. Eight percent were undecided.
The poll of 707 registered voters was conducted by phone Jan. 3 to Tuesday and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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Corzine, who will take office Tuesday, has said he would consider an increase only if budget holes could not be closed after a "line-by-line" review.
Michael P. Torpey, chief of staff to former Republican Gov. Christie Whitman, said an increase was inevitable but unfortunate.
"Gov. Corzine's powers of persuasion are going to be tested in the gas-tax debate," said Torpey, a PublicMind associate. "The size of the increase will certainly make a difference with the public, but will the amount needed for the fund be more than the public is willing to swallow?" |
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