Economics
Trump Open to Raising Gas Tax and Negotiating Tax Overhaul Plan
- Truckers back higher gas levy for highways, Trump says
- President calls his tax plan starting point in interview
Trump Says He's Considering Breaking Up Big Banks
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President Donald Trump said he’s willing to raise the U.S. gas tax to fund infrastructure development and called the tax-overhaul plan he released last week the beginning of negotiations.
“It’s something that I would certainly consider,” Trump said Monday in an interview with Bloomberg News in the Oval Office, describing the idea as supported by truckers “if we earmarked money toward the highways.”