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Obama's Transportation Secretary Eyes Mileage Tax for American Motorists
AP via CNS NEWS.com ^
| Friday, February 20, 2009
| By Joan Lowy, Associated Press
Posted on 02/20/2009 2:14:52 AM PST by Cindy
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To: DB
panel suggested in December the state start charging motorists a quarter-cent for every mile as a substitute for the gas tax
You can bet your mother-in-law’s underwear that the tax per gallon will/would not be eliminated.
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posted on
02/20/2009 3:31:23 AM PST
by
chainsaw
(The Democrat Party = The Party of Corruption.)
To: Dallas59
“What a great way to end Husseins reign in four years”
What a great way to end Hussein’s reign in less than two years.
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posted on
02/20/2009 3:31:50 AM PST
by
Fireone
(Prosecute all who voted for the illegal stimulus fiasco.)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
First, it is surprisingly easy to block the GPS signal from reaching your car......... :)
Second, a Republican from Illinois is merely a Democrat that ran under the other party’s name.
Lastly, this tax will be IN ADDITION to the gasoline tax which would then be considered a carbon tax rather than a highway tax. Anyone who believes the anti-oil Obama Administration will allow the price of gasoline to fall is drinking cool aid.
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posted on
02/20/2009 3:35:24 AM PST
by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
To: Cindy
This will put Pizza delivery men out of work.
Seriously, Big brother is a busy man.
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posted on
02/20/2009 3:36:26 AM PST
by
tiredoflaundry
(Sometimes, I guess there's just not enough bags of popcorn.)
To: Cindy
Time to break out the KY jelly here it comes. Lock and load.
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posted on
02/20/2009 3:39:41 AM PST
by
bikerman
To: Cindy
A blast from a tazar near the GPS should knock it out of commission.
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posted on
02/20/2009 3:42:13 AM PST
by
bikerman
To: Cindy
Ahhh yes. We all “know” that it wont “replace” anything. It will be just another tax Also now that they have the GPS in your car they will know where and when you drive. It wont be long before we see increased taxes for driving into the city and more taxes if you drive during rush hour and and and. The possibilities are endless.
Feet meet slippery slope...
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posted on
02/20/2009 3:58:15 AM PST
by
Syntyr
(If its too loud your too old...)
To: fivecatsandadog
When will enough people wake up and realize we have to separate ourselves from these marxists. Resistance to their plans if futile and will only drag us to the bottom with them.
The only thing for us to do is cut the cancer out and let us get back to being America.
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
02/20/2009 4:04:22 AM PST
by
stockpirate
(A people unwilling to use violent force to preserve liberty deserve the tyrants that rule them. SP-0)
To: stockpirate
I think I see a nexus between this and getting the lawfully owned guns out of the hands of the populace.
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posted on
02/20/2009 4:20:13 AM PST
by
Mouton
To: Mouton
Considering that Steele, the head of the RNC is anti-gun rights and said not one word opposing the porkulius bill we’re screwed.
Extreme violent use of our second amendment rights is all that stands between them and our liberty.
The problem isn’t they don’t know when to stop. It’s that we don’t know when to stop them.
We are rushing headlong towards the abyass.
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posted on
02/20/2009 4:28:43 AM PST
by
stockpirate
(A people unwilling to use violent force to preserve liberty deserve the tyrants that rule them. SP-0)
To: Cindy
Two words for them...screw you!
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posted on
02/20/2009 4:31:10 AM PST
by
mr_hammer
("Before you were formed in the womb, I knew you")
To: Cindy
These people want revolt... and if they keep pushing... MAIN STREET will riot!
LLS
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posted on
02/20/2009 4:40:49 AM PST
by
LibLieSlayer
(hussein will NEVER be my president... NEVER!)
To: Syntyr
And there would never be a tax meter in a gumint vehicle. Obama and the liberals don’t pay taxes and they like it that way.
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posted on
02/20/2009 4:41:13 AM PST
by
Thebaddog
(Obama really did believe that stuff he was saying during the campaign)
To: stockpirate
No one knows when one will decide to draw the line in the sand. I wonder when we are going to have a Tiananmen Square incident here and if we do, whether it will be reported. I just get this feeling the time is close at hand. I also wonder if many will rally around that “one” or just turn the dial.
Vince
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posted on
02/20/2009 5:05:33 AM PST
by
Mouton
To: Cindy
Among the reasons for the gap is a switch to more fuel-efficient cars and a decrease in driving that many transportation experts believe is related to the economic downturn. Electric cars and alternative-fuel vehicles that don't use gasoline are expected to start penetrating the market in greater numbers.Obviously, the solution is to move away from all these fuel-efficient cars, electric cars and alternative-fuel vehicles and switch to Hummers. Green weenies, your programs are having unintended consequences!
On the other hand, look at the proposed intrusion of government into our cars. Maybe that is the intention from the get go!
To: Cindy
If they keep this up they’ll be tarred and feathered within their first year!
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posted on
02/20/2009 5:17:56 AM PST
by
RU88
(The false messiah can not change water into wine any more than he can get unity from diversity.)
To: DB
The average car travels about 15,000 miles a year I believe. A quarter-cent per mile is only $37.50 a year. But what would be the cost to implement such a system? Greater than a thousand dollars per vehicle I would imagine. And who would pay? Ultimately the consumer, in the form of higher taxes and higher vehicle cost in addition to the new mileage tax.
Malice or stupidity? Or both?
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posted on
02/20/2009 5:51:16 AM PST
by
Max in Utah
(A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
To: Cindy
If the Republicans hold their ground against Obama, we’ll take back the house and senate in 2010 for sure.
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Who is the other Republican, didn’t Gregg step down?
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posted on
02/20/2009 6:33:40 AM PST
by
RatsDawg
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