Subject: Re: taxing miles by DaleD on 2009/2/20 15:41:16
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kelley wrote: they are talking about taxing the miles driven,is that on top of tax on gas? when will they figure out how to tax the air we breathe,or better yet a toilet tax ,but they(lawmakers) have to pay that one also,
The way they want to work it is drop the gas tax and install GPS in every car, then tax miles driven. Lots of problems with this: - Intrusive, they'll know where you go. Big Brother. - Cost of installing, maintaining and reading GPS units. This will eat into revenues. - It will cause people to drive less, generating less revenue. - Since it's miles driven, there's no penalty for low mpg gas guzzlers. The greens will go nuts.
So, they will install these GPS units, then decide they need the gas tax too!
Don't worry about taxing the air, Algore has it figured out. Carbon. Humans exhale CO2. Only a matter of time before we are taxed based on our carbon footprint.
