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Congressman wants government GPS in cars
WorldNetDaily ^ | August 05, 2009 | Bob Unruh

Posted on 08/06/2009 1:34:46 PM PDT by kingattax

Edited on 08/06/2009 1:54:53 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

An Oregon congressman says he wants to test having a government GPS unit in every car so a tax could be imposed on the miles driven.

The proposal, H.R. 3311, which calls for a test project costing $150 million-plus, was introduced by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore.

"Oregon has successfully tested a Vehicle Miles Traveled fee, and it is time to expand and test the VMT program across the country," he said in a statement on his website. "A VMT system can better assess fees based on use of our roads and bridges, as well as during times of peak congestion, than a fee based on fuel consumption.

"It is time to get creative and find smart ways to rebuild and renew America's deteriorating infrastructure," he said.

His plan calls for the Department of the Treasury to study the idea with test GPS-equipped car projects in every state.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore.

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To: kingattax
If that's all he wants to do, he can check my odometer.
Could it be that he wants to know where I am ? Naw
41 posted on 08/06/2009 1:58:24 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Williams/Sowell 2012 -or- Sowell/Williams 2012)
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To: dfwgator
"Never trust anyone wearing a bow-tie.".....
42 posted on 08/06/2009 1:59:47 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: kingattax

An Oregon congressman says he wants to test having a government GPS unit in every car so a tax could be imposed on the miles driven.


Why would you need a GPS to accomplish that little feat? I suspect every state has a vehicle inspection procedure at which time the odometer reading could be recorded, the tax fee calculated and paid to the inspection station who would then transmit it to the gov’t collectors.

The only need for GPS is for info over and beyond miles driven annually.


43 posted on 08/06/2009 2:01:37 PM PDT by deport
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

i bet this ass has a giant peewee herman poster on his office wall


44 posted on 08/06/2009 2:01:53 PM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: kingattax

Every Freeper needs to call his Portland office. I just did.
Give this bow tie wearin’ tree huggin’ clown hell.

The number is: 503-231-2300.
You need to tell the clerk who answers the bill number, she was pretty clueless.


45 posted on 08/06/2009 2:02:55 PM PDT by sean327 (All men are created equal, then some become Marines!)
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To: ComputerGuy

Wives are gonna love it.

Honey you said you were at the gym, the gps tracking website showed you at the local strip joint.

It’s already done for teenagers, not much of a stretch to have it for everyone.

Safety via surveillance will be the sizzle.


46 posted on 08/06/2009 2:03:14 PM PDT by swarthyguy (MEAT, the new tobacco. Your right to eat meat ends where my planetary ecosystem begins.)
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To: sean327

thanks


47 posted on 08/06/2009 2:04:34 PM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: kingattax

If this a$$hole succeeds in getting one in my car, it will mysteriously fail to function.


48 posted on 08/06/2009 2:04:44 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Oldpuppymax

“How in the name of God could ANYONE vote for this creepy little vermin?”

He’s a politician in Oregon who had a (D) after his name. Sad as it is - that’s how.


49 posted on 08/06/2009 2:05:08 PM PDT by scottdeus12 (Jesus is real, whether you believe in Him or not.)
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To: Blue Jays
He'd like you to believe he's a cyclist leader......

A Bicycle Evangelist With the Wind Now at His Back

50 posted on 08/06/2009 2:07:06 PM PDT by deport
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To: kingattax

Sure. First it’s to save energy. Then it’s to record your movements and keep a permanent record, so that it can be checked against your tax return. Then it’s to see if you were anywhere near the scene of a crime. Then it’s whatever the government wants to use it for.
Stop it now.


51 posted on 08/06/2009 2:08:07 PM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: kingattax

tinfoil.....lots and lots and lots of tinfoil......


52 posted on 08/06/2009 2:08:40 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: jesseam

I quit questioning it, I KNOW there aren’t any. The few who would be don’t last there. The ones currently in power are there to tip this country into socialism, the rest are there for what spoils they can get for going with the program, if if they make a faint noise here and there pretending to be the “opposition”. We The People are on our own.


53 posted on 08/06/2009 2:11:59 PM PDT by mrsmel (Put the Gitmo terrorists near Capitol Hill.)
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To: LegendHasIt

We need to flood the flag@whitehouse.gov in box. I just dropped these Marxist clowns a note.


54 posted on 08/06/2009 2:12:22 PM PDT by sean327 (All men are created equal, then some become Marines!)
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To: kingattax

i bet this ass has a giant peewee herman poster on his office wall

No doubt!


55 posted on 08/06/2009 2:14:38 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: kingattax

Right after they get my guns!!!


56 posted on 08/06/2009 2:16:29 PM PDT by Conservative Vermont Vet ((One of ONLY 37 Conservatives in the People's Republic of Vermont. Socialists and Progressives All))
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To: TexasFreeper2009
And I want a GPS shoved up his butt.

Is there room with his head already occupying that coveted space?

57 posted on 08/06/2009 2:19:20 PM PDT by meyer (It's 1938 all over again - the democrats are the new NAZIs and conservatives are the new Jews.)
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To: messierhunter
Normally I’d say they can install it in my car over my dead body, but I think I’ll just shield the antenna so it can’t connect to the satellites to get a fix. They can come onto my property to fix it over my dead body.

Indeed, this is something that aluminum foil could truly fix. Just shield the antenna from the sky. (actually, in the case of GPS, you could probably shield it with a piece of wood properly placed).

58 posted on 08/06/2009 2:22:18 PM PDT by meyer (It's 1938 all over again - the democrats are the new NAZIs and conservatives are the new Jews.)
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To: scottdeus12
TELL EARL WHAT YOU THINK:

I just did and even with some relaxed standards here, I would not try and post a copy of my message to this Fascist A-Hole as I doubt it would get pass the mods. lol

59 posted on 08/06/2009 2:23:21 PM PDT by Conservative Vermont Vet ((One of ONLY 37 Conservatives in the People's Republic of Vermont. Socialists and Progressives All))
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To: swarthyguy

I’ve never been able to find them, but I strongly suspect my wife has had one of those buggers on all my cars since at least 1986.


60 posted on 08/06/2009 2:23:35 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Williams/Sowell 2012 -or- Sowell/Williams 2012)
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