Obama proposes oil surcharge of $ 10 per barrel – Dagbladet.no

The proposal will be part of next year’s budget, which is submitted to Congress next week, according to news magazine Politico.

The tax will be imposed on oil companies and is scheduled to be phased in over five years. The money will partly be used for a large-scale investment in high-speed trains and driverless electric cars, according to the proposal.

– Absurd

There is little doubt that the Republican-controlled Congress will vote the proposal down. The Republican innpiskeren Steve Scalise said Thursday that the proposal is “an absurd idea”, while he promised that the House of Representatives will “kill” it.

– From the Obama administration’s first day, he has led an open war against American energy, says Scalise, considered the Republican third most important politician.

Green transport

in an interview with Politico said Obama oil tax to finance a plan for a “clean transport in the 21st century”.

over the next decade, he wants to invest 300 billion dollars in a variety of climate-friendly transport such that CO2 emissions and other pollution is reduced, said Obama’s advisers to the magazine.

Tricky Clinton

since it is considered highly unlikely that Congress will adopt the proposal, referred to the initiative primarily as an attempt to pull off a discussion on the future of transport.

But by proposing a measure that almost certainly will lead to higher gasoline prices, he creates a political dilemma for Democrats and particularly Hillary Clinton vying to become the Democratic presidential candidate. She has previously said she is opposed to any tax increase for families earning under $ 250,000 per year.

(NTB)