Truly earth shatteringly stupid idea.
They already shot themselves in the foot in NY by raising their tolls, taxing people who don’t even USE the rail systems for same rail systems, and add to that the TSA at every airport groping old ladies.
All of the above has reduced usage of rail, road, and air travel in NY alone.
A per mile road tax?
How would they even assess that?
Snoopware on your phone or installed on your car?
Give me a break, this isn’t George Orwell’s 1984 no matter HOW badly the leftists want it to be.
Atlanta installed a “HOT Lane” which is a dynamic-pricing pay-per-use lane on a major freeway thru the city.
Huge backlash underway.
Never mind that we ALREADY have a per-mile road tax in the form of gax taxes: several cents per mile, adjusted by rough mass of vehicle (trucks burn, and thus pay, more than low-impact cars & motorcycles).
If the Democrats in Congress or in any state succeed in passing a Per Mile Tax, the Republicans in Congress should sponsor a bill the next day converting us to the Metric System...
True.
In Orwell's tale there were places one could go where the government couldn't spy on you...
Yup, I remember some threads form a time back talking about black boxes on every car.