Posted on 03/26/2021 7:15:10 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
With the Biden administration’s unprecedented levels of spending just getting started, new ways to raise tax revenue to the government are beginning to be floated. We’ve already seen the proposition of raising some of the top marginal tax rates, increasing the corporate tax rate, and eliminating deductions as part of a broader “infrastructure” bill, which is really just a nearly $5 trillion slush fund of liberal wants.
In an attempt to further pay for their desired monstrosity, Biden’s Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, has a tax idea that isn’t going to go over well. Namely, he thinks that a mileage tax, which would tax you for every mile you drive on a public road, shows a lot of “promise.”
I can’t think of a broader, more regressive tax than a mileage tax. It’s the working class that does the lion’s share of driving on our roads, mainly because they don’t have jobs that allow them to work remotely. This would also kill truck drivers, which would mean the prices of consumer goods would skyrocket. Further, the bureaucratic processes that would need to be created in order to keep track of everyone’s mileage usage are mind-boggling to think about. In short, how exactly does this idea show any promise at all?
On the other hand, as I noted above, this would lead to a bloodbath in 2022. There is no way most Americans are going to be happy about getting a new tax bill that punishes them for attempting to be productive. And we all know that this will simply be stacked on top of the existing gas tax. Democrats never simplify the tax structure, they only stack more and more on top of it.
The surest way to ensure Republicans take back the House and Senate in a year and a half is for Biden to push this past the theoretical stage. But arrogance is a funny thing, and the Democrats are very emboldened right now, thus all the talk of blowing up the filibuster. They wouldn’t need to do that to pass a mileage tax, though, as it can be done through reconciliation.
I’m skeptical that happens, but we’ll see if they are dumb enough to try.
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How long before we have the breath tax
They are also considering a carbon tax, would that include carbon monoxide (what we breath out)
Pound per mile is the next step
Do it.
I want them to cause as much damage, or more, as they could ever dream of.
Then finally, maybe,perhaps, there’s a chance that people will finally wake up and be willing to do something legitimate.
I have a 1970 and a 1969 Daily driver car. Try tracking my mileage in those.
I am 74 going on 75 in May and only drive to and from close places for errands and doctor's appointments.
If you have a cellphone they already are tracking you everywhere you go.
There are miles of private roads on oil & gas leases and large ranches. Likely there are vehicles that are rarely used on public roads.
Don’t go up against the welfare mafia - they have more clout than the working class.
We have a neighbor who owns a very old Volvo. She treats it as if it were her baby, and it never seems to let her down. (in 16 years, I can remember once when she needed battery help.)
Don’t worry! Cell phone technology and GPS will track you where ever you go in your car.
I salute you. I’m 67, and quit driving years ago. I have a husband to do that :-)
Did we even raise an alarm when billions were included int he pandemic stimulus that reimburse unions for all the pension funds funneled todemon rat legislators? No, the sheeple are so stupid they cannot even get angry when they're so blatantly lied to and robbed by government.
Democrats know raising the Gas tax is political suicide, so they are trying to float ideas that will confuse their idiot voters.
Canada’s Carbon tax will be $1.64/Gallon. Go ahead ButtGig, I think America is finally ready for a Carbon tax.
Propose it. Make our day.
I live on a country dirt road, so tax what infrastructure buttplug? It’s not even a county maintained dirt road.
Ultimately, there will be less revenue and more unemployment. What could be better for the economy?
electric cars don’t pay gas tax. that’s why they want this.
Perhaps that’s exactly what they want...
Too bad that ‘butt-gig-gig’ isn’t as smart as you are.
Illegals and their ilk are not going to mess with a mileage tax. At least the current system catches everyone.
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