This Republican ploy to cover tax cuts for the rich will drive you mad

Republicans on the House Transportation Committee floated an idea to levy a new tax on every car in the United States in order to help pay for Donald Trump's budget—which features tax cuts that overwhelmingly favor the rich.

Sam Graves, who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, wanted to put a $20 annual tax on every car, and an even steeper $200 annual fee for electric vehicles and $100 for hybrids. The Missouri Republican and other members of the committee cooked up the desperate scheme to help partially pay for Trump's deficit-exploding tax cut and border security bill.

But before a national car tax could be debated at a Wednesday hearing on Capitol Hill, Politico reported that House leadership had already nixed the idea following an uproar from conservative lawmakers and mocking from Democrats across the aisle.

"Are you out of your fricking mind?” GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas told Politico of the car tax idea. “Like, the party of limited government is gonna go out and, ‘say we’re gonna have [a car tax]?’

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