Pa. gas taxes to rise after big drop in 2014 price

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports:

Wholesale taxes on gasoline and diesel in Pennsylvania are set to take another step higher, the second of three increases that a sweeping 2013 law imposes over three years to boost funding for highway, road and bridge construction.

Gasoline taxes will go up on Thursday by almost a dime per gallon, while diesel taxes will rise by 13 cents per gallon for the second straight year, according to the Department of Revenue.

A series of tax and motorist fee increases in the law are designed to raise $2.3 billion a year, an increase of about 40 percent over what the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation had been spending to build and repair highways and bridges.

The greed of government.