Posted on 08/03/2021 5:08:02 PM PDT by bitt
Buried in the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” in the U.S. Senate is approval for the Department of Transportation (DOT) to test a new federal tax on every mile driven by individual Americans.
The bill directs Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to establish a pilot program to demonstrate a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee designed “to restore and maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund.”
The objectives of the pilot program include:
To test the design, acceptance, implementation, and financial sustainability of a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee.
To address the need for additional revenue for surface transportation infrastructure and a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee.
To provide recommendations relating to the adoption and implementation of a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee.
Although the new tax is described as a pilot program and would initially rely upon “volunteers” representing all 50 states, the infrastructure measure would also require the Treasury Department to establish a mechanism to collect motor vehicle per-mile user fees from the participants.
The legislation would create a new “Federal System Funding Alternative Advisory Board” to advise Buttigieg on establishing and operating the program. The legislative language in the bill doesn’t specifically call for an end to the advisory board.
The advisory body would be required to include as members “at a minimum” representatives from state departments of transportation, the trucking industry, data security experts “with expertise in personal privacy,” academic experts on surface transportation, consumer advocates, operators of toll systems, owners of motor vehicle fleets, and tribal representatives.
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
This isn’t a ploy to pay for it. $6trillion dollars in pork and this so they can make endroads into restricting personal liberty.
“Ah helped!”
It won’t pay the bills.
And yes, people with electric cars should have to pay road taxes. But don’t tax my home’s electricity and don’t make gasoline powered drivers pay twice (with gas taxes and mileage taxes).
Call your senators.
Key West and Vail are good examples. The people who work there cannot afford to live there, and have to drive 30 miles to work each day each way.
True but this isnt going to be applied only to EVs.
My wife asked me how will they know? My response, your cell phone will report on you. Your Nav unit will report on you. Your nanny state State Farm transducer will report on you. Your OnStar will report on you. Your Sirius/XM radio will report on you. Your SunPass Transponder will report on you. Your dealer/auto service company will report on you.
BTTT!!!
What, fuel taxes and tolls are not enough?
To me, this would be a start-the-revolution moment.
Some states are really at the point of diminishing returns when it comes to the gas tax. They recognize that their gas tax is so high that any increase in the tax will actually generate LESS revenue.
They should tax pedestrians, bicyclists, wheelchairs, ect, anything that moves. Sidewalks and bike paths cost money too. One simple vaccine chip will track every inch of movement. I don’t know who could be against that.
They should tax pedestrians, bicyclists, wheelchairs, ect, anything that moves. Sidewalks and bike paths cost money too. One simple vaccine chip will track every inch of movement. I don’t know who could be against that.
Pretty much.
Please keep me posted!
What should I call them?
If I disconnect my car’s speedometer cable and run it backwards enough with a drill, to show that I drove a negative number of miles, will they pay me?
Democrat better have their cheating in order because few people are going to vote for them.
It’s all part of the Great Reset organized by hardcore Marxist Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum.
Well they have to come up with some scam to pay the 3.1 Trillion pork filled Bill.
Of course no one bitching about this should ever forget “we” put these “representatives” in office.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Does this even need a /sarc tag?
For those who don’t know .....
Sarcasm definition is - a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain.
“wonder how the elites will get around this”
Elites don’t care, they have money. I’m no elite but it won’t change my driving at all. It will make me angry, but they make me angry on a daily basis.
When the d-voting spouse asks when (if) there is ever going to be a vacation, I am going to bring this article up.
Other than the job, I barely go anywhere. That’s 60 miles give or take every day. I can sort of work from home to a point but that’s rare given how my friends break things.
Just about everybody with a handful of exceptions has about a 20 - 40 mile drive to the place in the woods.
I’m half looking for a more work from home type job or something with a little more flex. Who knows?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.