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California Mileage Tax Would Charge Drivers Based on Distance Driven
http://www.nbclosangeles.com ^
| may 6, 2014
| Jodi Hernandez and Chris Roberts
Posted on 05/07/2014 9:48:35 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge
The law of unintended circumstances says that if this happens TMU (True Mileage Unknown) cars will be worth more than clean odometer cars lol
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posted on
05/07/2014 10:59:44 PM PDT
by
When do we get liberated?
(A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suck at the tit of Capitalism.)
To: icwhatudo
Is that the same logic that leads to having toll booths on roads that were built 50 years ago? lol
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posted on
05/07/2014 11:00:50 PM PDT
by
When do we get liberated?
(A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suck at the tit of Capitalism.)
To: Captain Compassion
Yeah, put that meter in my 970 Opel GT. And I am just crazy enough to have a spare points distributor sitting around so I can drive after a nuke or EMP...or after a Democrat tax scheme.
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posted on
05/07/2014 11:03:01 PM PDT
by
When do we get liberated?
(A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suck at the tit of Capitalism.)
To: lowbridge
Why not just charge them for every breathey take too? The tecnology is there.../s
To: wita
They could do like they do here in North Carolina where you get taxed on your car EVERY YEAR based on its estimated value as long as you have it (or many). IN ADDITION to gas taxes, vehicle registration fees, inspection fees, state income tax, sales tax, property tax, etc. We would also have to pay a tax when we sell our house no matter how much equity we walk away with (based on actual sale price).
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posted on
05/07/2014 11:08:05 PM PDT
by
boatbums
(quod semper, quod ubique, quod ab omnibus)
To: Lmo56
People are gonna start turning their odometers back ...
How exactly do you do that with today's vehicles...I mean, just as a hypothetical....
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posted on
05/07/2014 11:11:43 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: willywill
That is actually preferable from an efficiency point of view
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posted on
05/07/2014 11:12:59 PM PDT
by
When do we get liberated?
(A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suck at the tit of Capitalism.)
To: willywill
> I have a better idea. why doesnt the government just take all your money and then just give back what they dont use.
it will save on paperwork.
There’s never any left over. In fact they will always want more to loot and line their own pockets...
To: JennysCool
How are ANY of these legislatures, in ANY state, and the Senate, and the House, REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE?
DING DING DING We have a winner. Please stop calling. We have a winner!!!!
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posted on
05/07/2014 11:13:47 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: Chode
I don’t know but you can bet someone will and they’ll sell the knowledge.
It’s just like the things they put in cars for DUIs, it doesn’t matter what new technology they come up with someone by-passes it.
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posted on
05/07/2014 11:18:05 PM PDT
by
tiki
To: P-Marlowe
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posted on
05/07/2014 11:24:16 PM PDT
by
867V309
(GOPe? NOPe!)
To: 867V309
At 5 cents a mile in comparison to the current 52.9 cents per gallon tax, the State will make more money on each vehicle that gets better than 10.5 mpg.
Let’s see. Encourage people to get cars that are hyper efficient when it comes to mileage per gallon of gas, then change the rules to tax those who followed your encouragement much higher than before.
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posted on
05/07/2014 11:29:34 PM PDT
by
Anitius Severinus Boethius
(www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Eclipse, the sequel to Bright Horizons is out! Get it now!)
To: lowbridge
Gee, if they boost minimum wage to $15/hr. then drivers could afford to pay $1/mile. After all, they need to pay their “fair share” because it’s for the children or whales or whatever. /s
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posted on
05/07/2014 11:33:27 PM PDT
by
teacherwoes
(Alethephobia-fear of hearing the truth)
To: jiggyboy
LOL. So what’s new? Cut water usage and watch the rate go up to increase$$$$.
Property value go down? Guess what the acessed rate does?
There’s NEVER enough OPM for the Takers....
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posted on
05/07/2014 11:37:26 PM PDT
by
Kozak
("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissingerhaha)
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
"Encourage people to get cars that are hyper efficient when it comes to mileage per gallon of gas, then change the rules to tax those who followed your encouragement much higher than before."Oh they started that loooong ago. In the late 80's California had a drought. There was a big campaign to encourage the usual conservation which was much more successful than anticipated. So successful that water rates had to be increased.
To: heshtesh
So the liberals have finally figured out how to move all the peons out of the country side and into the Utopia of liberal controlled cities.
All part of the plan. At least someone recognized it for what it is. Good for you.
...and the gas tax is not going away. Bet on it. The article is BS.
To: P-Marlowe
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posted on
05/07/2014 11:54:41 PM PDT
by
ResisTyr
("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God " ~Thomas Jefferson)
To: Veggie Todd
Thank you for the support! I think this whole thing is so BASIC that people have forgotten it. In America, our legislatures at ALL levels are supposed to be PROTECTING us against predatory practices, not instigating predatory practices of their own. They have actually become what they were created to guard against. And I think that is so unbelievable that people just don't see it.
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posted on
05/07/2014 11:55:49 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(My hypocrisy goes only so far)
To: JennysCool
people trust government to solve some perceived problem . but people don't realize that government is worse than any problem real or imaginary. And almost all of those problems are imaginary anyway
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posted on
05/08/2014 12:01:10 AM PDT
by
Democrat_media
(Obama ordered IRS to rig 2012 election and must resign)
To: lowbridge
I might be OK for an increase in the gasoline tax, under one condition. You see, the highway funds, where the gasoline tax revenue goes, are regularly raided by government.
The only way I’d go along with an increase in the tax would be that part of the legislation would require and use of the revenue in the highway funds to go through an open appropriation, by appointed “officers,” to be used ONLY for highway and bridge work. And if any of the funds go missing, or is misappropriated? Then the people in charge of the the fund would find themselves facing criminal charges.
After all, that’s one of the “features” of Sarbanes/Oxley, where the CEO and other officers are CRIMINALLY liable for the misappropriation of funds (unless you’re John Corzine). If it’s good enough for business, it should be good enough for the government.
But that would be the ONLY way I’d go along with an increase in taxes.
Mark
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posted on
05/08/2014 12:13:18 AM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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