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To: Cowboy Bob
How will the government make up for the expected loss of gasoline tax revenue?

By installing tracking devices on your car and charging you per mile. They're already on it.

9 posted on 08/18/2013 10:54:50 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

As is more or less necessary. Gas taxes are the primary source of money for road construction and maintenance. But the wear and tear on the roads is proportionate to the number of miles driven, not to the fuel used to propel the vehicle.

So at present electric vehicles are essentially driving for free on roads paid for by those driving ICE vehicles.


21 posted on 08/18/2013 11:07:25 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Vince Ferrer
By installing tracking devices on your car and charging you per mile.

Being able to track millions of citizens as they go about their business is a wet dream for Big Brother Obama. This just gets their foot in the door. They will eventually expand this to put a tracking device in EVERY car.

133 posted on 08/18/2013 1:57:11 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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