claim: the "average taxpayer will see the equivalent of a 2 percent pay raise as a result of low fuel prices."
author: glenn hegar
evidence_1: the "average taxpayer will see the equivalent of a 2 percent pay raise as a result  of low fuel prices." — politifact texas on saturday, january 10th, 2015. false.
evidence_2: the "average taxpayer will see the equivalent of a 2 percent pay raise as a result  of low fuel prices." — politifact texas on saturday, january 10th, 2015.
evidence_3: feb 1, 2015 ... “the resulting lower fuel costs should reduce the price of ... “in fact, the average  taxpayer will see the equivalent of a 2 percent pay raise as a ...
evidence_4: jan 5, 2015 ... 31, 2014 photo, the average cost of gas in cleveland, ohio, has ... on the  contrary, american fuel prices are kept down artificially by low gas taxes that ...  general taxpayers have made up the resulting budget gap in recent ... so what  would gas taxes look like if they reflected the true social cost of driving?
evidence_5: may 22, 2013 ... the tax would help reduce u.s. emissions but would have only a ... the bulk of  co2 emissions or the carbon content of most fossil fuel ... increased that price by  5.6 percent each year thereafter) would raise a ... federal budget deficits tend to  result in lower economic output over ... get cbo's email updates.