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Just go away........
1 posted on 05/05/2011 5:42:58 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

I’m inclined to think that this is something out of The Onion, but knowing the ultimate statist that is Obama, this is very probable. Soon to follow with a breath tax to check your carbon emissions.


120 posted on 05/05/2011 8:26:39 AM PDT by driftless2 (For long-term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: Sub-Driver

We are already taxed by the mile. That’s what a tax per gallon does — taxes per mile driven.


122 posted on 05/05/2011 8:46:00 AM PDT by avacado
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To: Sub-Driver

And I’m floating a plan to jam a screw driver into my odometer.


123 posted on 05/05/2011 8:58:46 AM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: Sub-Driver

So, with Republicans in control of the House why on earth would something like this be floated? Even the $200 Million just to study this new tax is a ton of money.

What we have here is a failure to communicate.


125 posted on 05/05/2011 9:01:46 AM PDT by unique
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To: Sub-Driver

“Just go away........”

I think Obama should be personally taxed for every mile he travels in AF1 and Marine One (retroactive to his inaguration). Only free trip for him is when he ‘Just goes away’...


134 posted on 05/05/2011 9:09:52 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
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To: Sub-Driver

Among other things, CBO suggested that a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax could be tracked by installing electronic equipment on each car to determine how many miles were driven; payment could take place electronically at filling stations.


4th Amendment.


136 posted on 05/05/2011 9:10:42 AM PDT by Grunthor (http://www.hermancain.com/index.asp)
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To: Sub-Driver

As always, Democrats are exempt from taxes, right?

or would that be just “Holder’s people”?

[so many decisions for the ineligible Emperor].


140 posted on 05/05/2011 9:13:16 AM PDT by Diogenesis ( Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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To: Nightshift

gnip


142 posted on 05/05/2011 9:17:22 AM PDT by tutstar
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To: Sub-Driver

Isn’t the tax on gas enough?


143 posted on 05/05/2011 9:17:22 AM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: Sub-Driver

bump


144 posted on 05/05/2011 9:17:54 AM PDT by tutstar
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To: Sub-Driver

So, what of taxis, couriers, transport truck drivers, mailmen, etc.


145 posted on 05/05/2011 9:18:06 AM PDT by HungarianGypsy
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We already have that. It’s called the gas tax. The more miles you drive, the more gas you need, the more tax you pay.

FUBO. But I’m starting to sound like a broken record.


154 posted on 05/05/2011 9:23:13 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("It's hard to take the president seriously." - Jim DeMint)
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To: Sub-Driver

They will do anything to stick their hand into your pocket. I now have to pay an MTA “commuter tax” even though I work at home.


155 posted on 05/05/2011 9:24:42 AM PDT by firebrand (Impeach Obama.)
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To: Sub-Driver
the draft says it should "increase public awareness regarding the need for an alternative funding source for surface transportation programs and provide information on possible approaches."

Simple solution that requires ZERO new tax dollars. Quit wasting the 10s of billions of dollars DOT spends every year on "mass transit" schemes and spend that money on roads.

158 posted on 05/05/2011 9:29:16 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving politicians more tax money is like giving addicts free drugs to cure their addiction)
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To: Sub-Driver

So much for the “dead cat” bounce... Liberals are the dumbest creatures on earth.


160 posted on 05/05/2011 9:31:44 AM PDT by Anti-Hillary (Pretty soon everything in this country will be "free", except it's people!)
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If you look back at the Soviet Union you’ll see two of many things they controlled. They controlled information to include limited availability of copy machines and such. The other was they controlled movement. What better way to reduce movement than making it too expensive to both move and eat (exist)?


161 posted on 05/05/2011 9:32:16 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: Sub-Driver
(VMT) tax could be tracked by installing electronic equipment on each car to determine how many miles were driven

When HELL freezes over!

163 posted on 05/05/2011 9:33:05 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: Sub-Driver

I hope it includes money to establish a gigantic Automobile Transportation Millage Tallying Agency that will keep tabs on all the miles Americans drive so as to tax them accordingly.


165 posted on 05/05/2011 9:33:13 AM PDT by mojito
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To: Sub-Driver

So... Who lives in the city and doesn’t drive much at all?

Oh yeah, Obama voters!

Who lives out int he rural areas of the country and already pays taxes at the pump?

Yep, Red State voters.

B*stard...


167 posted on 05/05/2011 9:37:12 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Sub-Driver

but..My Prius!


169 posted on 05/05/2011 9:39:20 AM PDT by MNDude (so that's what they meant by Carter's second term)
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