{"id":2030788,"date":"2023-09-13T15:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kemp-declares-state-of-emergency-over-bidenomics-suspends-gas-tax-in-georgia\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T15:58:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:58:59","slug":"kemp-declares-state-of-emergency-over-bidenomics-suspends-gas-tax-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kemp-declares-state-of-emergency-over-bidenomics-suspends-gas-tax-in-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Kemp declares emergency due to &#8216;Bidenomics,&#8217; halts Georgia gas tax."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkemp-declares-state-of-emergency-over-bidenomics-suspends-gas-tax-in-georgia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2030788&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Georgia Governor Declares State of\u2062 Emergency Over Inflation, Suspends Gas Tax<\/h2>\n<p>Georgia Republican Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/brian-kemp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Kemp<\/a> has taken decisive action in response to soaring\u2063 fuel prices and inflation. Kemp declared a \u2064state of emergency and suspended the gas tax in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/georgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia<\/a>, placing the blame on federal spending and energy policies.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;From runaway federal\u2063 spending\u2064 to policies\u200b that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-suspends-gas-tax-amid-emergency-declaration-over-inflation\/\" title=\"Georgia suspends gas tax due to inflation emergency declaration.\">hamstring domestic energy production<\/a>, all \u200bBidenomics \u2064has done is take more money\u2062 out of the pockets \u200bof the middle class,&#8221;\u2064 said Kemp.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While high prices continue to\u200d hit family budgets, hardworking Georgians deserve real relief and that\u2019s why I signed an executive order today to deliver it directly \u200bto\u200b them\u200d at the\u2062 pump. Working with\u2063 partners in the General Assembly,\u2063 we\u2019ll continue to help Georgians weather the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-biden-unpopularity-attributable-to-making-country-much-more-difficult-for-millions\/\" title=\"FNC's Carlson: Biden Unpopularity Attributable to Making Country 'Much More Difficult' for Millions\">economic headwinds caused<\/a> by this president,\u2063 his\u200b administration, and their allies in Congress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gas prices in Georgia have surged, with a gallon\u2064 of regular gas now costing an average\u2063 of $3.56, compared\u2063 to $3.23 a year ago. Diesel prices have also risen, although slightly lower than the previous year, with an average cost of $4.36 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\"><b>CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The increase \u200cin gas prices can be \u2063attributed to various factors, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kemp-declares-state-of-emergency-over-bidenomics-suspends-gas-tax-in-georgia\/\" title=\"Kemp declares emergency due to 'Bidenomics,' halts Georgia gas tax.\">including\u2062 production cuts<\/a> from Saudi Arabia and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. \u2064However, critics argue that the \u200cBiden administration&#8217;s focus on scrapping drilling\u2063 and promoting green alternatives has also\u200c contributed to the higher costs.<\/p>\n<p>Kemp&#8217;s office estimates \u2064that the tax suspension will save\u200d drivers 31.2 cents per gallon\u200b on regular gasoline and \u206235 cents\u2063 per gallon on\u200c diesel fuel.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I\u200d applaud Governor Kemp\u2019s\u200b suspension of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kemp-blames-bidenomics-for-soaring-gas-prices-as-he-suspends-fuel-tax\/\" title=\"Kemp suspends fuel tax, blames 'Bidenomics' for high gas prices.\">motor fuel taxes<\/a> to keep our people and our economy moving despite Washington\u2019s inaction on rising\u2062 fuel \u200cprices,&#8221; said Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns (R). &#8220;Georgia\u2019s success story is no accident \u2013\u2064 it is the\u2064 result \u200cof conservative policies enacted to keep Georgia the nation\u2019s best\u2062 state for \u200dbusiness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kemp&#8217;s executive order, effective from Wednesday \u200buntil October 12, acknowledges the negative impact\u200d of rampant\u2062 inflation on \u2062Georgia&#8217;s economy \u2063and the \u200dwell-being of its\u200d residents.<\/p>\n<p>Recent statistics from the Federal Bureau of \u2062Labor Statistics \u200d(BLS) reveal \u200bthat the Consumer Price\u200d Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.6% in August, marking a \u200d3.7% increase over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican, has declared a state of emergency due to inflation and suspended the gas tax in response to soaring fuel prices. He attributes the high costs to federal spending and energy policies. This emergency executive order follows Kemp&#8217;s previous suspension of the gas tax from March to December 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2030789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2030788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2030788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}