You will pay a penalty for mileage as well, and the new and powerful IRS will be in charge. Get ready for GPS monitors for this very reason.
This way they can apply this to all vehicles, not just new. And of COURSE, the “POOR” (Students, minorities, Government workers, etc,) will be exempt.
Like all Totalitarian regimes, it's all about controlling the population and dictating behavior. If they dislike a certain behavior or issue, they regulate it, ban it, or tax it out of existence.
Guns will be next, after they marvel at how quickly they took control of our driving habits. They have only just begun.
Guns are a line in the sand, which, when crossed, causes them to lose control. And control is what they’re all about.
They will usurp as much control as they can without crossing the lines in the sand that cause people to revolt.