Posted on 10/04/2004 1:24:20 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
It's like smoking, they want to socially direct you and they want the taxes.
They're going to tax "smarter" and heftier.
Driving will have a sin tax over and above yearly tag costs, tire tax, etc., etc.
Well that's not quite true on the cell phone location thing.
Too many reflections and other problems to precisely locate cell phones reliably in real world environments.
New cell phones are coming out with GPS built in. That's different...
Friggin loser attitude that.
Of course this thing can be fought and bested.
Fees for miles traveled would be measured by Global Positioning System receivers embedded in vehicles.
WOW! Talk about expensive! I wonder how I could get the contract? Would I have to be an environmentalist/ democrat?
GPS is easily 'foiled'. Just put some mettalic tape over the antenna. A tin-foil hat, if you will.
There is absolutely no way states could afford to monitor everybodies car to ensure nobody does this.
The most I can see is a voluntary program, like the people who are volunteering to be neutered in Eugene.
If the states would cease diverting current taxes earmarked for infrastructure to social(ist) programs, there would be no need for creative taxations.
EZ Pass was just the camel's nose under the tent. Can't wait until they install breathalyzers and smoke detectors "for our safety".
And don't forget the power company meter reader who has to wear the GPS satellite backpack that tracks his every step...however long that lasts.
My neighborhood was recently changed over to the new digital broadcast meters and the data is now collected by simply driving down the street.
I have a problem with the gasoline tax (and other highway-based taxes) being stolen to build "light rail", "commuter rail", monorails, and other stuff, even if it "is" infrastructure. If cities want to use highway funds for mass transit, they should buy and uses buses.
Slaves and pets are kept on leashes....electronic or otherwise
Where is the ACLU? Oh yeah, silly me, they are protecting murderers.
Sorry, what was I thinking?
No sh!t. As if government doesn't have enough legit things to do without intruding into everyone's lives even more.
Even Republicans drool at the thought of new ways to collect new taxes.
Don't kid yourself. The GOP is hardly the party of "small government."
Er, wouldn't this would penalize people who drive fuel-efficient cars as much as it would those who drive gas guzzlers?
D'oh. (Bonking self on head) Of course it would. Which would encourage people to say to heck with their fuel-efficent cars. Which would cause them to buy more gas. Which would increase gas tax revenues. Which would fill state coffers. I get it. They get drivers both ways.
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Yeah you little PUKE, that's part of our rights as Americans - freedom to travel where and when we frickin choose!
Grrrr. This little commie ........(insert pejorative) needs to be ...........(insert word-phrase).
Tin-foil hat alert!!!
The next step would be for the government to monitor you everywhere you go, via a court order. Say the police suspect you of criminal activity. This would be easy to do. They do this at this time now with big rigs on the highway. I just read about a guy doing this with his ex-girlfriend, by implanting a GPS device underneath her car. She would go someplace, then all of a sudden, this guy would just happen to show up, using his computer to track her.
Oh my God.
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