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So now we’re going to tax miles driven? Ask Biden's Nominee for Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg
American Thinker ^ | 01/28/2021 | John Green

Posted on 01/29/2021 7:18:51 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

The Biden Admin thinks electricity is free ?


21 posted on 01/29/2021 7:41:42 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: SeekAndFind
Taxman The Beatles

One, two, three, four
One, two... (One, two, three, four)

Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman

Should five percent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman

If you drive a car, car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold, cold, I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk, walk, I'll tax your feet Taxman

'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman

Don't ask me what I want it for
(Haha, Mr. Wilson)
If you don't want to pay some more
(Haha, Mr. Heath)
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman

Now my advice for those who die
(Taxman!)
Declare the pennies on your eyes
(Taxman!)
Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman

And you're working for no one but me (Taxman!)

22 posted on 01/29/2021 7:41:51 AM PST by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. I will never be a peaceful slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: wombatsrule

In Greece tax records are combined with car registration...during the last economic collapse people just mailed in the licences plate.


23 posted on 01/29/2021 7:45:42 AM PST by spokeshave (White Confederate statue kills black man......Another month of protests.... (HT to seawolf101))
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To: sappy

F you Buttplug. I am not operating a taxi for the government.


24 posted on 01/29/2021 7:46:18 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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To: TexasGator
Your mileage is in the computer which can be remotely monitored.

My '89 Grand Wagoneer says "Here, hold muh beer". LOL

25 posted on 01/29/2021 7:50:23 AM PST by redcatcherb412
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Buttigieg mobile perfected (caution. Extreme video. not for children or the weak of heart)

https://youtu.be/JscQXDsSgco


26 posted on 01/29/2021 7:53:41 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: SeekAndFind

This is NOT about taxing miles driven. After all, taxing the fuel that permits those miles to be driven already does that, though indirectly.

This IS about erecting an excuse for vehicle tracking. As if they don’t have enough ways to do that now what with phone tracking, traffic cameras and who know what else.


27 posted on 01/29/2021 7:55:40 AM PST by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: TexasGator

Exactly. The difference in road wear from a full-sized pickup truck and a Prius is inconsequential. In fact, the owner of the full-sized pickup truck pays far more (on a per-mile basis) in road taxes than any other vehicle class relative to the impact on road wear than any other user. That’s because a truck that gets 18 mpg will use twice as much fuel as a car that gets 36 mpg, but doesn’t cause anywhere close to twice the wear and tear on the system.


28 posted on 01/29/2021 8:04:58 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Hmmmmm?

>>>24.4 cents per gallon of Diesel. Mayor Pete’s proposal is to move to a tax on miles driven, rather than fuel consumed.<<<

At this rate now paying over 6¢ per mile!!


29 posted on 01/29/2021 8:09:45 AM PST by pilgrim ( ps. "Warning Will Robinson! WARNING AMERICA danger ahead!" DANGER if NOTHING 'dun'!)
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To: JCL3
My father's first job, in the 1930s, was for a car dealership. One of his duties was to roll back the odometer on used cars.

I guess that isn't possible with recent model cars.

30 posted on 01/29/2021 9:21:15 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: SeekAndFind

IF that mileage tax ONLY applies to electric cars-—fine...

But those of us who already pay gas taxes & then drive are going to pay heavily.

My neighbor drives 500 miles commuting each week. That alone is 26,000 miles a year.

It is complete punishment for rural dwellers.


31 posted on 01/29/2021 9:21:34 AM PST by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: TexasGator

2 vehicles-—NO COMPUTERS of any kind.


32 posted on 01/29/2021 9:22:17 AM PST by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: Ebenezer

Massive stoppage nationwide...


33 posted on 01/29/2021 9:25:10 AM PST by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: Alberta's Child

Most states also charge more in their registration to trucks.

Even horse trailers get charged by weight.


34 posted on 01/29/2021 9:28:51 AM PST by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: ConservativeInPA

“Where are the alternative ideas for taxes? I am dead set against the current tax code and this new tax proposal. It is just more of the same. But Republicans don’t talk about reforming the tax code and fiscal policy in general. Sure they will cut taxes. But cutting taxes is not true tax reform. They never cut government - that’s the other side of the revenue problem. How about this? A tax code that requires everyone to pay the same rate. Requires zero filing by individuals. Provides the same rules for all businesses, large and small. Allows businesses to prepare their taxes in 15 minutes and without the aid of a tax accountant and tax attorney. Lastly, simply cut government by 80%. Get rid of it.”

If employer income tax withholding was eliminated, and everyone had to write a check every year for their income taxes, there would be big changes, very quickly, in our tax code. And in our government.


35 posted on 01/29/2021 10:50:57 AM PST by suthener
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To: SeekAndFind

IF YOU DRIVE A CAR,I'LL TAX THE STREET

IF YOU TAKE A WALK,I'LL TAX YOUR FEET


36 posted on 01/29/2021 11:13:01 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: Verginius Rufus

#30
Used Cars - Here is Rudy rolling back the odometer
https://youtu.be/LufEm4aeIzk?t=35

Used Cars Rudy Russo Sells a Centurion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQiTRQTiMGY

Selling a car with help from Toby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1MkXHNSVgs


37 posted on 01/29/2021 4:17:31 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: minnesota_bound
Well, that is the old type of odometer.

I once had a '59 car (bought used). When it was 20 years old or so something happened to the speedometer--the needle would swing all over the place and it made a racket. Someone unplugged it for me and the noise stopped, but from then on I didn't know what speed I was going and the odometer never changed.

38 posted on 01/30/2021 11:32:10 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: TigerClaws

“My fave so far was a tax on unrealized capital gains.”

That’s for the addition of the .25 cent in accumulated cyberspace. And don’t feel left out. If you lost more than you made, they will tax you for their looking. Someone has to pay for this created job. So you don’t get it or you lose what you didn’t have. If a citizen did this it would be called a ponzi scheme with the government the receivers.

wy69


39 posted on 01/30/2021 11:59:46 AM PST by whitney69
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To: JCL3

“Not everyone out here bought those 4-wheeled spy apps...”

I sincerely doubt they will do it on an independent computer. It wouldn’t be cost effective. They will make up an average mileage and just call it a use tax or some other new terminology. And it will be up to you to show you didn’t go that far and they will charge you for that action when they plug into your computer that your car will have to have to prove overages. And they know that most will go over the number and make up for those that didn’t and will not say a thing so that use fee doesn’t have to be reasonable. And the tax will have a cost of existence increase yearly because of it.

Oh, and of course the state has vehicles it has to pay for, so you’ll get that increase too. And the taxpayer will have no idea how far they went and if the trip was necessary because everything is changeable. And this time they will move the odometers forward, not back as it means faster depreciation for new vehicles, electric this time.

Isn’t this fun to play the popular new game of “We’re Going To Screw You Any Way We Can.” Home version will be out soon....very soon only it won’t be your home anymore.

wy69


40 posted on 01/30/2021 12:21:26 PM PST by whitney69
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