The Assistant Democrats in R jerseys KNOW they are assisting the Democrats to kill the country.
America is Taxed.Enough.Already.
i’ll unplug my odometer
Yikes! So they raise gas taxes at the pump and charge mileage also?
This seems like the perfect govt program.
Establishing thousands of “meter reader” federal union jobs to inspect vehicles for mileage.
that’s what the damn gas tax is for
If you like your tax increase you can keep your tax increase.
Well, yeah, but that will be done in place of a gasoline tax, so it will be fairer.
HAHAHAHAHA
NO ONE WITH A FUNCTIONING BRAIN WILL BELIEVE THIS FOR A SECOND.
Campaign promises are ephemeral as ... toilet paper? JoeB was VP to Obama, the same one who PLEDGED that his Health Care would reduce individual costs! The same one who told 'Joe the Plumber' that at some point 'you make too much money!' Yet they got the sheeple to elect them! BAH!!!!
They have to do this because their next move is to push for all vehicles to the electric. And all their minions would whine if they taxed the charging stations.
How are they going to know? I’m betting that they are going to require all cars to have a transponder that sends the mileage to Central Computer every time you go through an intersection.
I can guarantee that “self driving” cars will be reporting their mileage to Central Computer every step of the way. Additional bill at the end of the month.
They have to finance reparations somehow. They will tax the ones who go to work an additional amount for mileage so they can pay the ones who don’t go to work to sit home, swig malt liquor, and hate the ones who do go to work.
Red lines. They are pink lines at most and probably disappearing ink.
Bfl
I think it is a great idea. Mileage Tax. People will have to dig out their check books and write Uncle Sam a Tax Check.
Then perhaps they will finally begin to realize what a rapacious predator the Government really is.
As it is now the vast majority of working Americans have their taxes automatically deducted from their pay checks. It doesn’t leave a mark on them.
I would guess the majority of American home owners with a mortgage pay, with their monthly payment, into an Escrow account from which the Mortgage company sends to the county/state.
Most Americans don’t have a clue on much taxes are on a gallon of gas, that they pay at the pump.
In fact there are very few taxes that require the individual to sit down, write a check, and see their account balance go down just to pay taxes.
The Democrat Official will have to come up with a way to hoodwink the taxpayer once again.
My bet is they will come up with a average miles per gallon and add it at the pump.
Americans would revolt if they had to pay their taxes themselves.
If you drive backwards will they give you money ,LOL
The 16th Amendment (income tax) was put in the Constitution because it allowed the feds to bypass the states and tax individuals on their income.
Prior to that the feds go only tax the states but not individuals.
Since the mileage tax is a tax on individuals, it cannot be imposed upon individuals citizens.
Therefore, if the feds want to impose such a tax, they damn well better add a new amendment to the Constitution in order to do that.
I hope that some high powered group of conservative lawyers will take this issue to court.
‘… as an established funding source for infrastructure improvements.’
This is a lie. The monies will be spent on everything exc. ‘Infrastructure’. Congress has no spending restraint esp when there’s a new and lucrative source of cash.
Shades of ObamaCare®.
It’s not a tax, it’s a fee!
It’s not a fee, it’s a tax!
This is really not about raising tax money - it’s about control. After implementation, they will probably adopt a mileage scale so that miles driven in excess of a certain amount will be taxed at at higher rate. After you reach your mileage allowance for a certain year, your vehicle will be inactivated. Drivers could also find themselves unable to drive past an authorized geographical radius which could be assigned to keep individuals with certain political leanings from traveling too far from home.
This entire thing stinks and those wearing (R) on their sleeves should be flogged and sent home for supporting it.
Well they had to find a way of taxing electric vehicles , I bet their rate will be much lower than gas/diesel