Posted on 01/02/2015 6:12:26 AM PST by thackney
Do you understand that this is how multitudes of "extra" government spending is justified? It is one item, just an easily understood example, of massive amounts of of "extra" spending justified from a big expense and continually spent on others.
I don’t have a solution to that. Although technologically it’s a trivial question, it poses obvious privacy issues.
The issue applies today to some extent. I’ve lived a couple of places near a state line where the gas was always cheaper on the other side. So we always drove across the border to fill up.
All methods will have some problems. But some have bigger problems than others. We may not agree on what is the biggest problems are. I like simple, and I like less government in my life.
Alternative Fuels will get more taxes as they get a bigger market share. Some locations already do that today.
In at least nine states (Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Mo., Okla., Texas, Utah and Wash.), operators of motor vehicles powered by certain alternative fuels are required to pay an annual flat rate fee instead of a sales or excise tax on the fuel, for example by purchasing an annual permit or decal. In five states (Calif., Idaho, Kan. and N.M.), operators of certain alternative fuel vehicles have the option of paying either an annual fee or a tax on the fuel.
http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/taxation-of-alternative-fuels.aspx
More detail by state at the link.
Cheers!
New York 68.3 gasoline 74.8 diesel
Agree.
Seems like despite a Republican majority, they don’t have much of a legislature either. What are they trying to do? Mimic DC?
“State leaders still said there won’t be enough money in the coffers to cover the transportation projects statewide.”
No amount of tax money is enough to satisfy bureaucrats.
They get the representation most of them choose.
If people want a real change in their government, they have to show up for elections and primaries.
Less than 14% of the over 18 NC population voted in their 2014 primary.
http://enr.ncsbe.gov/ElectionResults/?election_dt=05/06/2014
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37000.html
Virginia upped its gas tax a nickel yesterday. It’s still slightly cheaper than MD and DC. but getting closer.
Seems just the demographics islamocommucrats are waiting for.
.Gov thieves still crying poormouth, I see...
I had 50pts (50¢/gal discount) accumulated from shopping a local supermarket chain, so gassing-up 20gals from $2.39/gal down to $1.89/gal was nice today.
True, but conservatives are correct in deploring the gas taxes spent on light-rail boondoggles.
Sure it will.
Quite right.
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