[Enlightened1]

Watch the video on this link,

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/03/oregon-launches-program-to-tax-drivers-by-mile/

[napscoordinator]

I knew this was coming. See it.nationwide in five years.

[cableguymn]

Millions in Oregon just called relatives in other states about using their address to register their cars..

They tell us to buy high MPG cars.. then tax the hell out of us..
They tell us to use less water.. Then raise water prices to make up for it.
They tell us to use less electricity then raise prices to make up for it..

I could go on..

[BenLurkin]

OPINION:

wants to pay higher taxes for roads and bridges

This clown's true agenda is insidious -- and so he hides it behind a screen of dopey sounding malarkey.

Just my opinion.

[Parmy]

"We're trying to make up for a growing deficit, really, because inflation's eating away at our ability to buy asphalt and rebar and the things we need to maintain the roads," said Tom Fuller of the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Boy am I simple, perhaps even stupid.

The government has been telling us for years that there is no inflation. One always believes the government.

Now this guy says that inflation is eating away at his ability to buy asphalt, rebar and the things we need to maintain the roads.

I am confused and disillusioned. (sarc)

[Sacajaweau]

I think Va taxes vehicles every year just like your house or boat.

[zaxtres]

I got a novel idea: Stop taking from the transportation fund to pay every tom dick and harry in the general fund. States have been robbing from the transportation fund for years to get their “pet projects” done. If they would stop, they might not ever need to tax by mile. But let’s see this is the same state that rose wages in Seattle to 15 bucks and hour. What was the result? I rest my case.

[denydenydeny]

"I've been free-loading on the highways for 20 years driving electric cars or hybrid cars, getting at least 40 miles to the gallon. So I haven't been paying my share," Hastings said.

'In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves" --Dostoevsky, The Grand Inquisitor

[EBH]

Force this to a vote ...

Not sure what Oregon’s law on tax policy is, but I would be strongly working to force this to a vote!

[Bon of Babble]

California has been pushing for this since the days of Schwarzenegger. The pols want a high gas tax AND a pay-per-mile fee.

What I’m noticing lately is HOV lanes being converted to toll lanes one freeway at a time. I drive the 110 almost every day and notice those toll lanes are nearly empty - yet the media has called them a “great success” - with plans for expansion. The California FedGov wants us to pay (and pay and pay and pay) for the roads twice, three times, and more.

In a few years, all HOV lanes will be toll lanes - and then the entire freeway system will become toll roads.

It’s coming.

[Oatka]

So I haven't been paying my share,

"I, for one, welcome my new overlords." he continued, strapping on kneepads.

[shankbear]

It is like this. Just get onboard for a train ride. When the train pulls in at the station stay in your line. Take off your shoes and clothes to get clean. Stay in your line to take a nice shower. Be a victim.......

[Domandred]

I haven't been paying my share," Hastings said.

You could have paid extra any time you wanted to moron.

[xander]

Maybe they should tax the crap out of folks using studded tires as they destroy Oregon roads long before the effects of normal use ever come into play.

[weston]

Those who live in Portland where everything is close by will see less impact then those who live in the rest of Oregon where it is rural and you have to drive a lot of miles to work or store. Portland makes the rules and uses all the money for their transportation needs, max line etc. We in the hinterlands get nothing but the higher tax bills.
Oregon is USSR on left coast.

[Donkey Odious]

Is the Golden Gate Bridge paid for yet? The bridge toll was suppose to pay for the cost of construction, and yet.....

[G Larry]

This needs massive civil disobedience NOW and FOREVER!

[Salvation]

**”We’re trying to make up for a growing deficit, really, because inflation’s eating away at our ability to buy asphalt and rebar and the things we need to maintain the roads,” said Tom Fuller of the Oregon Department of Transportation. **

Cry me a bucket.

[Salvation]

If you would like more information about what's happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me.

I lost my Oregon list when my computer crashed last year, so please send me your name by FReepmail if you want to be on this list.

[glennaro]

This is nothing more than the latest forced-extraction grab by a government (in this instance, Oregon's). Governments are desperate -- to the point of panic in many locales -- for money ... absolutely, positively desperate.

They have enormous government-employee pension obligations that are paid out monthly and a huge gibs-me-dat portion of the population that the shrinking number of productive citizens must pay for.