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Gov. Kemp suspends state gas and diesel taxes again

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Gov. Kemp suspends state gas and diesel taxes again - WABE

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Gov. Brian Kemp has again suspended Georgia’s motor fuel tax, part of Kemp’s new executive order declaring a State of Emergency for Inflation. The order takes effect Wednesday on midnight and […]

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Wait .. I thought the market was supposed to decide ...
- The free market, in this case, only allows gas stations to compete with each other; in that vein, sales tax like the one at issue here acts as a dampener on the market, primarily impacting the poor.
  The overall price of gas is largely driven by an oligopoly called OPEC, not a free market, and of course Kemp is a Republican, which means, among other things, he can ordinarily be counted on to oppose capitalism.