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Buttigieg: Mileage Tax to Fund Infrastructure ‘Shows a Lot of Promise’
Breitbart ^ | 03/26/2021 | Pam Key

Posted on 03/26/2021 11:41:38 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

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To: ChicagoConservative27

We’ll be tied to one place. just like feudal ‘serfs’ ...

Zero mobility = zero opportunity


41 posted on 03/26/2021 12:15:04 PM PDT by SMARTY ( "Force always attracts men of low morality. " Albert Einstein)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Lyft and Uber drivers will be the first casualties in this stupid idea.

Just like the Keystone pipeline employees and contractors.

The actions of the Harris/Biden administration will kill many people.

5.56mm


42 posted on 03/26/2021 12:16:13 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho ain't my president.)
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To: Bob434

“A nationwide truck strike would paralyze the country in a very very short time.”

Suggestion, start with cities in Blue states DetRiot, Shitcago, Milwaukee, LA, Atlanta. See how they like civil disobedience.


43 posted on 03/26/2021 12:20:27 PM PDT by wetgundog
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To: wetgundog

I see the “Mother of all Convoys” heading to DC.

“Ain’t she a beautiful sight?”


44 posted on 03/26/2021 12:21:51 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Butt suckers too..........


45 posted on 03/26/2021 12:22:50 PM PDT by Osage Orange (TRUMP!!!)
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To: Old Yeller

Oh....not this guy!!!


46 posted on 03/26/2021 12:23:50 PM PDT by Osage Orange (TRUMP!!!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Whatever you can do to screw the American taxpayers..... that’s DEMOCRATS!!


47 posted on 03/26/2021 12:25:19 PM PDT by high info voter
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Everyone who does not have mass transit available within a mile of where the moto vehicle is garaged should be exempt from this law.

It looks like this law is aimed directly at all of the red states and counties across our nation while giving a literal free ride to the city dwellers.


48 posted on 03/26/2021 12:30:32 PM PDT by oldenuff35
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“The gas tax used to be the obvious way to do it; it’s not anymore. So, a so-called vehicle miles traveled tax or a mileage tax, whatever you want to call it, could be the way to do it.”

Somehow I think his cute little use tax by the mile is in addition to the gas tax rather than a replacement for it. Democrats never talk replacement when it comes to taxes, only additions


49 posted on 03/26/2021 12:34:28 PM PDT by chuckee
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To: Col Frank Slade

An one-day interruption of diesel fuel delivery alone can cause a 30-day back log in the rest of the trucking industry.

I’d support a trucker strike over this.

just my $0.02


50 posted on 03/26/2021 12:36:24 PM PDT by jimjohn (...like Donkey Kong.)
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To: jimjohn

I also would support a trucker strike over this SHUT THE DAMN COUNTRY DOWN!!! Atlas Shrugged BRING IT!!! I honestly can not believe how STUPID these people are not one ounce of common sense OR foresight, complete IDIOTS, however that is exactly WHY they are in government, to utterly stupid to make it in the private sector!!!


51 posted on 03/26/2021 12:44:24 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: rigelkentaurus

I’m sure all civil libertarians will be lining up against this as an invasion of privacy!!!
/s


52 posted on 03/26/2021 12:50:18 PM PDT by bantam
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Eliminate the department of education and use that money for infrastructure.


53 posted on 03/26/2021 12:52:52 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (Count Rostov "The tyranny of indistinguishable days.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

We are all remoting into work now, Buttman.


I don’t think that is entirely true...There are many who are on the road delivering ~ many who may have lost jobs in the lockdowns...

Remoting is nice for certain occupations, but not all—and I would think many positions in the middle class are not remoting.

This article is from last year—perhaps the situation has changed and “We are all remoting into work now.”...

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/20/before-the-coronavirus-telework-was-an-optional-benefit-mostly-for-the-affluent-few/


54 posted on 03/26/2021 12:59:14 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Republicans will get the government they deserve if they do nothing :()
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The thing is, you know the thing?

Actually they want to tax drivers per mile to buy solar and wind turbines, not to build roads, freeways or city streets. The PTB want us out of our personal vehicles, on buses, trams, or bicycles. It will make it easier for them to travel in their limousines and get to the private jet terminal.


55 posted on 03/26/2021 1:01:18 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer, )
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To: cherry

WE are the public servants. Serving our corporate and Elect(ed) Masters and Mistresses.


56 posted on 03/26/2021 1:03:53 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer, )
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To: SMARTY

To the public slave encampment if you are caught hunting for your food in the Kings forest. 50 years old? I need to find a younger man to rent out this hovel to, the homeless tent section of town is thataway.


57 posted on 03/26/2021 1:07:11 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer, )
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To: Freedom56v2

I just wanted to insult Buttman. I knew it was apocryphal.


58 posted on 03/26/2021 1:08:11 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Anti-racism looks suspiciously like racism.)
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To: Luke21

Unfortunately that does appear to be their plan—and the bulk of the country and world seem to be sleep-walking right into it.


59 posted on 03/26/2021 2:08:16 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Rural people too. We have to drive further for everything. 55 miles to Lowe’s. 25 miles to a decent sized grocery store or walmart. 80 miles to any major store other than walmart or Lowe’s.

Just bought a 2006 28mpg Ford Focus to save us on gas money compared to the F150 4x4 V8.

We drive about 20k per year.


60 posted on 03/26/2021 2:18:21 PM PDT by Pollard (Bunch of curmudgeons)
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