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What does Trump's executive order on diesel really mean for farmers?

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    54% Medium Right

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    74% Very Right

  • Politician Portrayal

    -14% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The executive order doesn't eliminate the federal excise tax on diesel fuel, which is 24.4 cents per gallon.
49% : "First, the tax is still owed, so there's limited upside," the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America and the National Association of Truck Stop Owners said in a note to their members, reported NBC News.
48% : The executive order allows the federal tax on off-road diesel used on highways to be deferred, and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to "explore pathways to eliminate the obligation to pay the deferred taxes.
46% : Ohio has already temporarily suspended its state fuel tax (38.5 cents per gallon for gasoline and 47 cents per gallon for diesel) through legislative action.
44% : What it does do Highway or "on-road" diesel is subject to federal and state fuel taxes.
44% : The American Soybean Association, which celebrated the order, raised concerns about what happens to that deferred tax.
44% : Pennsylvania's state tax on undyed diesel is more than 74 cents per gallon.
43% : Off-road diesel is dyed red so that law enforcement can identify it to enforce penalties and back taxes for on-road use.
42% : Off-road diesel, commonly used for agricultural, construction and forestry equipment, generally isn't subject to those taxes.
35% : The group urged the Trump administration to ultimately waive these deferred taxes for farmers.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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