Posted on 02/02/2009 9:41:42 AM PST by stillafreemind
Gas prices were too high and we weren't green enough. Fine, buy an electric car or gas saving car and all is fine. Right? Wrong. The Oregon Governor thinks gas taxes are going away. His answer? Tax the miles you drive. Tax the miles you drive with GPS technology. Think they are kidding? They're not.
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We in the world is MILEAGE the prob?
Wouldn’t it be easier to tax FUEL?
We are going to cars that use less or no gasoline.
Do you want a road tax on your electric bill? How about when you buy corn oil?
i have a prediction: my gps unit will fail to function properly... often ;-)
Imagine the tax that will put on consumer goods, groceries etc. A single semi truck driver puts on an easy 4000 miles a week.
Freakin’ Government, always trying to squeeze more out of us.
The article says that since people are buying hybrids and such that not as much gas will be sold, so not as much tax income will occur.
This way I guess anything that moves on a road that has GPS will be taxed per mile.
Sneaky little rats aren’t they?
This crap is being forced down our throats in Oregon, Damn Tax-n-gouge me. He have the WORST taxation for roads , its so complex its impossible for trucking companies to get right, AND a Gas tax, and now they want a Mileage Tax. If it comes down to that, I will NOT buy a new car again evah, not until I can find someone to remove the GPS anyway. I am NOT going to meekly go along with this crap.
If i’m being taxed for the miles I drive instead of the fuel i use, I’m going to buy a bigger truck.
This has nothing to do with taxes. It is an effort to track and control our every move, and it must be stopped.
Why can’t we squeeze them out of office? Why isn’t the public cry for less government spending not squeezed into their heads?
The thinking behind the mileage problem is that they already have a high fuel tax and voters aren’t going to look kindly at raising the cost of gasoline. The mileage tax hits rural dwellers harder than city people because rural and suburban people drive further, although not necessarily, longer commutes. It’s kind of like taxing smokers. They want to tax people who are not necessarily the Democrat voters.
A mileage-based tax would be more appropriate, but would be much more difficult (and costly) to collect.
They just won’t stop until we stop them. And to think that is how British rule ended...
Don't be so sure about this. Using a GPS-based system of taxation will also allow a government to impose levels of taxation that vary by location and time of day. So the "tax" for driving on a congested urban street during rush hour could be higher than the tax for driving on an uncrowded rural road.
Oregon voters can stop this dead in its tracks with a ballot initiative, what are they waiting for? Stalin and Hitler could have been so lucky to have had something like this.
Got on star? It's already done. And they've had little black boxes in cars since the 70's. Insurance co"s can tell when you're lying.
Yes. Raising the fuel tax is the logical solution to the problem, which shows that the people who have been elected to various legisatures are idiots. Of course they are greedy idiots so I'd look at the money angle. What companies would benefit from mandated GPS devices in cars and which politicians are they giving money to?
Yup that's exactly what it is, an attempt to control people's lifestyle.
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