From David Buell speaks on candidacy in Election 2022 · · FOX43 News
“We pay the second highest gas tax in the country and then we don't use the liquid fuels money that we take in to do the necessary infrastructure repairs; that gets shuffled off to some pension program.”
On , David Buell, Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer at KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST, spoke about tax policy during David Buell speaks on candidacy in Election 2022 on FOX43 News.
David Buell, a resident of Camp Hill for more than 20 years, spoke about his candidacy in the 2022 election as a Republican candidate for a district seat. Buell stated that his top priorities include initiatives to provide immediate economic relief, citing the cost of groceries and gas. He also criticized the state's gas tax, saying that Pennsylvania pays the second highest gas tax in the country and that revenue from liquid fuels is not used for infrastructure repairs but is instead "shuffled off to some pension program." Buell expressed support for school choice, arguing that parents should be able to use tax credits to send their children to schools that fit their academic goals, regardless of geography. He described his opponent as "very much not for school choice" and said they "drastically differ" on the issue. Buell characterized his campaign as being about giving voice to people seeking a "new fresher voice" and a "new set of eyes to look at some very old problems."