ObamaMiles Tax Coming Soon

Townhall.com ^ | January 17, 2013 | Mike Shedlock

[familyop]

“Go Galt.” No problem.

[Westbrook]

> Isn’t a Northwestern State beta testing this? Washington,
> Oregon?

Taxachusetts governeor Devil Patrick (Obamao’s mini-me), announced that this is coming to the Gay State.

[BobL]

“Toll roads are now handled with transponders issued to the vehicle owner, they track when and how often the vehicle passes the receiver.”

Good summary, but a bit worse here in Houston. Here they also have the transponder readers set up on the freeways. Sure, no tolls (yet), but they do track you.

I’m also starting to see permanent license plate readers (cameras) being set up. What gives them away is that they have to take their pictures at very shallow angles, due to some cars having recessed plates.

[BitWielder1]

By and large, heavy vehicles use more gas than lighter vehicles.
Heavy vehicles do more wear and tear on roads than light vehicles.
Therefore, gas tax makes sense, mileage tax does not.
Why would we want another layer of costly bureaucracy to collect a mileage tax.
Besides, a mileage tax works against the whole idea of encouraging people to buy fuel efficient cars.