[Wolfstar]

Will the gasoline tax be eliminated when the "per mile" tax is added?

Short answer: No. The state could remove it's gas tax initially, then find some excuse to revive it later. However, the federal gas tax would still apply, as would any county and municipal gas taxes that exist.

This idea is being floated by DEMOCRATS -- you know, the party which supposedly is for the little guy. Yet this per-mile user tax would be one of the most regressive taxes ever, unfairly penalizing those poor and middle class people who have no choice but to use their car to get to work and other places. With this particular tax, it's crystal clear that wealthy people will be least affected.

The big-brother invasion of privacy issues are equally as important as the highly regressive nature of this tax.

[BobL]

"This idea is being floated by DEMOCRATS"

Unfortunately these types of schemes to soak drivers cuts across party lines. Here in Texas, we've got a Republican governor who's lost his mind and is about to sign a contract with a company to build a 400 mile private toll road (and a lot more of them, if he gets his way). The company, Cintra (a Spanish firm), will be given monopoly-type protections that assure them the capability of soaking us dry.

The defenders of this scheme, which will cost drivers much more than a mileage tax will ever cost, unfortunately, are also Republicans.