https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2026-05-08/graham-platner-calls-to-end-gas-and-diesel-tax
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner wants to eliminate the federal tax on gasoline and diesel fuel, freeze electric rates and fund clean energy developments, as part of his "Take Back American Energy" plan released Friday.
Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge Republican Maine Senator Susan Collins in November, blamed rising energy costs on oil companies, private equity and foreign-owned utilities.
"The solutions are straightforward," reads Platner's energy plan. "They simply require the political will: to end big oil's stranglehold on our energy policy, to slash prices for consumers, and to build the energy of the future."
A cornerstone of the plan is to cut the 18 cent per-gallon tax on gasoline and 24 cent per-gallon tax on diesel charged by the federal government. Those taxes go to fund U.S. roads and bridges, but Platner said basic transportation infrastructure should be funded by increased taxes on billionaires, rather than regressive sales taxes that hit Maine's working class.
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