[FatherofFive]

The Center for American Progress is calling for Congress to ditch the federal gas tax in lieu of a system where drivers pay fees for road construction based on how many miles they travel.

The gas tax charges for the number of miles driven. You don't drive, you don't buy gas, you don't pay tax.

[TexasGator]

“The gas tax charges for the number of miles driven. You don’t drive, you don’t buy gas, you don’t pay tax. “

I get 10 mpg. I pay four times per mile the driver of a Prius.

[Dilbert San Diego]

You make perfect sense. But clearly the liberals cant understand your logic.

[Snoopers-868th]

You don't drive, you don't buy gas, you don't pay tax.

yea, so we get to subsidize even more dollars because of trains, planes, and buses. Lots of people take planes for vacations where a lot of people do not have the money to do so.

[Sherman Logan]

The gas tax charges for the number of miles driven.

Not exactly. As a vehicle becomes more fuel-efficient, it produces less tax revenue while not reducing wear on the roads nearly as much, and not reducing space taken up at all. If someone drives an electric car, they're freeloading completely on the system.

The idea of a user fee is actually a profoundly conservative idea. Don't want to pay for the roads? Then don't drive.

I don't know enough about this proposal to support it, but the basic idea of roads paid for by user fees is a good one.