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Taxing drivers by the mile and not by the gallon
The Christian Science Monitor ^
| Tuesday, October 5, 2010
| Monitor's Editorial Board
Posted on 10/05/2010 11:01:36 AM PDT by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
As long as it is anonymous, I think I might like the idea. If the only thing it does is tax your mileage. lol My family only has 4 trucks. I think the prius should pay as much as me! lol
To: stylin19a
oregon supposedly will make this a replacement for the gas tax
At the conclusion of the pilot program, 91 percent of pilot program participants said that they would agree to continue paying the mileage fee in lieu of the gas tax if the program were extended statewide.
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:19:07 AM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Never buy a putter until you first get a chance to throw it)
To: stylin19a
oregon supposedly will make this a replacement for the gas tax
At the conclusion of the pilot program, 91 percent of pilot program participants said that they would agree to continue paying the mileage fee in lieu of the gas tax if the program were extended statewide.
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:19:13 AM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Never buy a putter until you first get a chance to throw it)
To: Willie Green
I live 55 miles from work. I drive to Florida 3-4 times a year. My wife works 35 miles away. I think it is a terrible idea!
Mike
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:20:06 AM PDT
by
MichaelP
(Democrats are the party of Special Re-education)
To: Willie Green
Problem is, they would tax it both ways because that is what government does.
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:20:16 AM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Love of God, Family and Country has made me an extremist.)
To: GeronL
Crazy bureaucrats like taking those Revenue Enhancement pills, dont they?And like all "Enhancement" pills, the results never quite "measure up" to expectations. Ask Bob.
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:20:50 AM PDT
by
Drill Thrawl
(Palin Haley O'Donnell - mmm mmmm mmmmmmmmm)
To: wideawake
“Because driving a Civic for 1000 miles has the same effect on the roads as driving an F350 with your boat on a trailer for 1000 miles”
Don’t think that’s true. The heavier vehicles and more wheels put more wear on the roads. These vehicles also use more fuel, so actually the gas tax ain’t so unfair. It might be fairer than the mileage tax.
I’ll bet if we went to a mileage tax there would be different rates based on the weight of the vehicle. A tax on gas does the same thing but more simply.
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:22:55 AM PDT
by
frposty
(I'm a simpleton)
To: Yo-Yo
“What about the Federal Excise Tax on tires?”
Scheduled to expire October 1, 2011.(I can HARDLY wait)
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:22:55 AM PDT
by
Ed Condon
(Give 'em a heading, an altitude, and a reason.)
To: DLfromthedesert
“Way too intrusive.”
You can say that again. So I will. Way too intrusive.
But I think auto insurance rates should be based, in part at least, on miles driven.
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:23:49 AM PDT
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: Sherman Logan
“Just one problem. It does take money to build and maintain roads. A lot of money....”
In case you’ve not been paying attention....the LACK of taxation in the USA is NOT the problem. Its the spending.
Specifically, spending on individual humans...welfare, “healthcare” etc...not spending for the common good and need..the real reason governments are needed.
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:24:25 AM PDT
by
mo
To: Drill Thrawl
whatever happened to ol’ Bob?
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:25:12 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
To: Willie Green
“I know the answer: we should all ride trains!
—Hey, that’s a good idea!
I wish I had thought of that!”
—I’ve heard that Jihadist terrorists prefer targets with lots of people, too...
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:25:41 AM PDT
by
Qbert
To: MichaelP
That will have me taking up arms!
Mike
This will be "the line" for many.
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:28:33 AM PDT
by
saltlick
To: Willie Green
How hypocritical! The government forces us to buy high mileage cars that are ill suited to our needs and then laments that we are now using too little gasoline to fund their highway taxes. We need a complete clean out in Washington including more than a few fossilized RINOs.
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:28:36 AM PDT
by
The Great RJ
(The Bill of Rights: Another bill members of Congress haven't read.)
To: Willie Green
Then there is this...
current federal gas tax (18.4 cents per gallon for cars), which hasnt changed since 1993. A fee of just one penny per mile would equal the revenue currently collected by the fuel tax, the report states. A fee of two cents per mile would generate the revenue necessary to support an appropriate level of investment over the long term.
People who have high mpg cars (which they have been begging us to buy to 30 years now) will get screwed royally. Example I drive 45 miles a day in a car that gets 45 mpg. Therefore my tax is 18.4 cents. Making that 2 cents per mile it goes to 90 cents. That's another 144 a year down the drain.
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:29:13 AM PDT
by
Drill Thrawl
(Palin Haley O'Donnell - mmm mmmm mmmmmmmmm)
To: GeronL
"hatever happened to ol Bob?"
I think the FTC finally caught up with them.
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:30:58 AM PDT
by
Drill Thrawl
(Palin Haley O'Donnell - mmm mmmm mmmmmmmmm)
To: Willie Green
Job Creation the Democrat way. This would require more administration to handle the increased paperwork. Also, let us not forget they will have to hire more people to enforce the new tax. And they will have to build and staff more prisons to put “citizens” in that fail to “pay their fair share”.
I wonder just how much the American people are willing to take before they vote these clowns out of power.
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:31:27 AM PDT
by
CIB-173RDABN
(California does not have a money problem, it has a spending problem.)
To: swain_forkbeard
But I think auto insurance rates should be based, in part at least, on miles driven.I think most companies do that. I know mine does.
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:33:13 AM PDT
by
Drill Thrawl
(Palin Haley O'Donnell - mmm mmmm mmmmmmmmm)
To: Sherman Logan
"Which do you propose?"
I propose that we confiscate 1/2 of the net worth of 'rats each year to fund their government.
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:34:31 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: rightwingintelligentsia
I know the answer: we should all ride trains! LOL....I just knew someone would post that!
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posted on
10/05/2010 11:34:55 AM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Moderates manipulate, extremest use violence, but the goal is the same.)
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