The Gasoline tax is one of the few that actully gets spent on what it was supposed to pay for... ROADS so the freeloaders using non tax fuel on the ROADS will be required at some point to pay too. Sadly in all likelihood the new tax will be on everyone so we that use cars that do use gasoline will be taxed twice. (diesel’s too)
The Gasoline tax is one of the few that actully gets spent on what it was supposed to pay for... ROADS.”
Actually it doesn’t get spent on roads in many states but is dumped into the general fund to cover some of the latest shortfalls. What dollars do make it to pay for infrastructure repair are among the least monitored and I would suspect grossly fraught with fraud and abuse.
We are heading into an era where our true mileage, driving habits, where we drive and driving records will determine our vehicle insurance costs.
Left wing states like Oregone have advocated that drivers of all vehicles be taxed per mile to pay for road repair and damage from traffic. I believe that at one time the enviralists in Oregone were pushing to have GPS units in every car go log every mile, top speeds, average speed and where the mileage happened.
Progressive is pushing for its customers to install a meter/sensor that will give them data on each vehicle re driving habits plus mileage.
We have had State Farm for decades an about two years ago started sending in our odometer readings every quarter. We don’t drive that much retirees.
Of course no taxes will be eliminated. California on top of our abused road taxes charge sales tax on $ we buy.
As conservatives, we believe that if you use something that is paid for by our taxes, you should pay for your fair share.
We do have a problem when the liberals in charge use for example Road tax $’s to fund their wet dreams.
Sadly, the premise of your statement is false.
You don't live in California, do you? In the once-Golden state, our legislature has been raiding the gas tax money for years - as a result our highways are among the worst in the nation.
CNG.
The issue of fuel taxes as road taxes should be resolved, and should have been resolved ahead of time, so that to the extent that fuel taxes are appropriate, all vehicles, “fossil fuel” powered or otherwise pay some form of them; some form that amounts to an equal assesssment of “fuel” consumed.
Leaving “fossil fuel” vehicles alone paying them IS an injustice, amounting to a lack of “equal protection” of the laws, as all vehicles, including “alternative” vehicles use the same roads.
When you return to my first statement, you realize that the author is correct in one thing. Not only WILL electric vehciles be assessed some “energy/fuel” tax at some point (in my opinion they should be in equality with fossil fuel vehicles), but also, if they are as energy efficient as the author suggests (in terms of the per mile amount of energy consumed), then should electric vehicles ever dominate the road either their energy taxes will be raised a lot, or the politicians will find some other way to assess everyone for taxes to support the roads.