Governor Tim Walz Encourages the Legislature to Propose a Gas Tax Increase.

“All of the Senators will be up for reelection in 2020, and if the Democrats win it will almost guarantee the gas tax increase will pass.”

Walz Administration Framing Gas Tax Increase as ‘Debt Service Fee’

Governor Tim Walz’s “Minnesota Department of Transportation Commissioner Margaret Anderson-Kelliher is pushing a combined gas-tax increase along with what she’s calling a “debt-service fee” that would raise fuel prices by up to 15 cents per gallon, according to interviews with local news outlets.”

Gov. Tim Walz’s Tax Plan Would Hit the Poor More Than the Rich

Tax Burden Per-Income Chart

“The tax plan proposed by Gov. Tim Walz would hit lower income Minnesotans harder than wealthier earners. That’s the outcome of analysis by the Democratic governor’s own Department of Revenue, which carried out a tax incidence analysis of the Walz’s plan includes, among other things, a reduction in state income taxes but increases in business, estate, gas and vehicle sales tax, among other changes.”

Walz Budget: Big Gas Tax Hike

“Gov. Tim Walz unveiled a nearly $50 billion, two-year budget plan on Tuesday that calls for raising the state’s gas tax by 20 cents a gallon — about a 70 percent increase from the current tax.“

45 Cents a Gallon? 20? 18? Midwest Governors Float Major Gas Tax Hikes

Why You Should Oppose a Gas Tax Increase

“Gas tax increases are sold to Minnesotans and, more broadly, to Americans on the idea that “our infrastructure is falling apart so we need more money to maintain it.” But, when you look more carefully, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is perpetually expanding our state’s road and bridge network. Instead of maintaining its existing system, a huge percentage of their budget is going to adding new bridges, new highways, and new highway lanes. After the I-35W Bridge collapsed in 2007, a Minneapolis Star Tribune 10-year review of MnDOT spending showed that “money for road and bridge construction went up every single year, no matter the state’s economic straits.”