https://apnews.com/article/pete-buttigieg-transportation-32445c941112b2f93d110c46ec6dea13
Within a state, driving is something is regulated by that state. As such, it seems like this would require cooperation from the states. I don’t see red states agreeing to this.
Chocolate highway is the only thing this fool knows about transportation.
And now the government knows where you are at all times ...
Fight dat climate....what foolishness people fall for.
The gas tax you already pay is based on the miles you drive. You drive twice the miles as me, you pay twice the tax (assuming the same car mileage). But if I drive a heavy vehicle that damages the road more, I get worse mileage and pay more tax (offsetting the road damage).
The existing system works well. The only flaw is it is based on ICE powered vehicles.
All they have to do is pass a “road use tax” on EVs to make them pay for the roads. If you drive an EV, you pay that tax. Hybrid cars would pay the same tax at a reduced rate because they are paying some gas tax.
So, all we need is a Hybrid and EV tax to make things fair.
Don’t those named for such Secretariat offices have to be approved by Congress ?
Mileage tax just a preliminary step to restricting serfs from interstate travel...
Only government, military, law enforcement, shipping, and emergency services will be allowed to cross state lines...
Violations will result in all property loss and internment,,,
Just a page out every communist ruled country in history...
Just like other countries, American serfs will silently accept the restrictions...
Expect many articles by the enemy media to help this along. Articles on how bad our infrastructure is and how many new jobs could be created. Then fake polls showing the majority of Americans approve (except for racists!).
Imho when someone doesnt know a critical piece of information or UNDERSTAND the information in its entirety , those slow thinkers like Aunt Pete always have & opine outrageous & anything opinions so they keep their “ job”proposals to let their boss know they have wood in the fire, so to speak. This type of person puts it out immediately & lacks credibility esp., because they are butterbars.
Maybe he is part of the deep state hired by boe jiden to implement a policy like this for the
Gwate weeswet
i think he is a hired “ mole” by the boe jiden
admin and reports not only to jiden but deep staters’
im sure he knows a lot more & theres a lot going on with this appt and none of us will ever hear about anything from the DOT and frankly, imho, he is not qualified for the job ,just like Mitch Mitchell’ s Chinese wife...you never saw or heard anything from her did you...?
He knows a lot of people..He graduated from 2 spook sites; Harvard & Pembroke..
c’ mon man...
who knows...lol
Well, currently electric car drivers evade the gas tax - this would be one way to make sure they pay for road upkeep, too. However, given the state of California’s roads, it’s a pretty sure bet that most gas taxes aren’t being applied to roads anyway.
Oregon has already done this and they were kind of stupid about it. IFTA, the tax method used by every other state, charges a per gallon tax based on the miles driven in each state and the fuel economy of the truck. They add up all the fuel you bought during the quarter and all the non-toll miles you drove during the quarter to get your average mileage. Then multiply it by the miles you drove in each state to get the gallons used in each state. This system makes sure the correct tax is remitted to each state regardless of where the truck is fueled. You can’t avoid the tax by buying fuel in a low tax state.
Note that the IFTA tax method penalizes trucks that get poor fuel economy. But Trucks have been getting more fuel efficient over the years and Oregon noticed their revenue going down. So they opted out of the IFTA program and went to a straight mileage tax. Unlike IFTA, this new mileage tax has no fuel economy incentive. This in a state brimming over with communists and tree hugging hippies. Looks like the ANTIFA loonies are right about one thing. Their government really doesn’t represent them.
It won’t be a potential replacement for gas tax.
It will be in addition to gas tax.
They are not fooling anyone.
Why does the left always do things that hurt people- and hurt most the people they claim to be trying to help!
Here come the taxes! Democrats are the party of taxes. If they could get away with it, they would just keep raising them until you had almost nothing left to live on. Are we going to let this clown get away with it? Or are we going to resist?
How about no. No tax. Thank you.
What did you expect of a criminal who fills his cabinet with freaks and perverts, by a quota system to make sure every category of freak and pervert is represented? I hope you didn’t expect good sense, good ideas or honesty. The only expertise Butty Boy has with transportation is his “husband’s” Grand Central Tunnel. Don’t expect anything normal or making sense from him.
Right. California has has bills introduced along the same lines, but they can't figure out how to prove mileage. They know they can't recall every vehicle to put in electronic systems. So how would Butthead make that possible?
“Incoming Transportation Secretary wants to implement a mileage tax..”
Eat it Pete...oh wait!