Posted on 01/29/2021 7:18:51 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Last week, Pete Buttigieg began confirmation hearings for his appointment as Transportation secretary. During the question-and-answer session we discovered why President Asterisk favors Mayor Pete for this position. It seems he has a radical new idea for how to fund highway maintenance and development, which the new administration favors. Funding for our highway infrastructure is currently supported via a fuel tax -- 18.4 cents per gallon of gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon of Diesel. Mayor Pete’s proposal is to move to a tax on miles driven, rather than fuel consumed.
It seems that the administration is concerned that drivers of electric cars are not paying their fair share. Thank God we’re past the silliness of the Trump administration. The adults are back in town, and the Harris/Biden administration is tackling the inequity of highway funding head on. I’m sure racism is involved somehow. I haven’t figured that angle out yet, but I’m sure that the white privilege of owning an electric car has something to do with it.
Given that electric cars still comprise less than 1% of all vehicles on the road, I have a question for the party of science. Isn’t the amount of fuel used to drive from point A to point B still a somewhat useful indicator of the distance from point A to point B? Granted, big cars use more fuel than small cars, but shouldn’t small cars pay less anyway? They impose less wear and tear on the roads after all. Of course, there is the problem that when I’m mowing my yard I’m helping to pay for the highways. Seems like a national issue that the administration should get right on.
But how will we track the mileage that everyone drives?
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The Biden Admin thinks electricity is free ?
One, two, three, four
One, two... (One, two, three, four)
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
Should five percent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
If you drive a car, car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold, cold, I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk, walk, I'll tax your feet Taxman
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
Don't ask me what I want it for
(Haha, Mr. Wilson)
If you don't want to pay some more
(Haha, Mr. Heath)
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
Now my advice for those who die
(Taxman!)
Declare the pennies on your eyes
(Taxman!)
Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
And you're working for no one but me (Taxman!)
In Greece tax records are combined with car registration...during the last economic collapse people just mailed in the licences plate.
F you Buttplug. I am not operating a taxi for the government.
My '89 Grand Wagoneer says "Here, hold muh beer". LOL
Buttigieg mobile perfected (caution. Extreme video. not for children or the weak of heart)
This is NOT about taxing miles driven. After all, taxing the fuel that permits those miles to be driven already does that, though indirectly.
This IS about erecting an excuse for vehicle tracking. As if they don’t have enough ways to do that now what with phone tracking, traffic cameras and who know what else.
Exactly. The difference in road wear from a full-sized pickup truck and a Prius is inconsequential. In fact, the owner of the full-sized pickup truck pays far more (on a per-mile basis) in road taxes than any other vehicle class relative to the impact on road wear than any other user. That’s because a truck that gets 18 mpg will use twice as much fuel as a car that gets 36 mpg, but doesn’t cause anywhere close to twice the wear and tear on the system.
Hmmmmm?
>>>24.4 cents per gallon of Diesel. Mayor Pete’s proposal is to move to a tax on miles driven, rather than fuel consumed.<<<
At this rate now paying over 6¢ per mile!!
I guess that isn't possible with recent model cars.
IF that mileage tax ONLY applies to electric cars-—fine...
But those of us who already pay gas taxes & then drive are going to pay heavily.
My neighbor drives 500 miles commuting each week. That alone is 26,000 miles a year.
It is complete punishment for rural dwellers.
2 vehicles-—NO COMPUTERS of any kind.
Massive stoppage nationwide...
Most states also charge more in their registration to trucks.
Even horse trailers get charged by weight.
“Where are the alternative ideas for taxes? I am dead set against the current tax code and this new tax proposal. It is just more of the same. But Republicans don’t talk about reforming the tax code and fiscal policy in general. Sure they will cut taxes. But cutting taxes is not true tax reform. They never cut government - that’s the other side of the revenue problem. How about this? A tax code that requires everyone to pay the same rate. Requires zero filing by individuals. Provides the same rules for all businesses, large and small. Allows businesses to prepare their taxes in 15 minutes and without the aid of a tax accountant and tax attorney. Lastly, simply cut government by 80%. Get rid of it.”
If employer income tax withholding was eliminated, and everyone had to write a check every year for their income taxes, there would be big changes, very quickly, in our tax code. And in our government.
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Used Cars - Here is Rudy rolling back the odometer
https://youtu.be/LufEm4aeIzk?t=35
Used Cars Rudy Russo Sells a Centurion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQiTRQTiMGY
Selling a car with help from Toby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1MkXHNSVgs
I once had a '59 car (bought used). When it was 20 years old or so something happened to the speedometer--the needle would swing all over the place and it made a racket. Someone unplugged it for me and the noise stopped, but from then on I didn't know what speed I was going and the odometer never changed.
“My fave so far was a tax on unrealized capital gains.”
That’s for the addition of the .25 cent in accumulated cyberspace. And don’t feel left out. If you lost more than you made, they will tax you for their looking. Someone has to pay for this created job. So you don’t get it or you lose what you didn’t have. If a citizen did this it would be called a ponzi scheme with the government the receivers.
wy69
“Not everyone out here bought those 4-wheeled spy apps...”
I sincerely doubt they will do it on an independent computer. It wouldn’t be cost effective. They will make up an average mileage and just call it a use tax or some other new terminology. And it will be up to you to show you didn’t go that far and they will charge you for that action when they plug into your computer that your car will have to have to prove overages. And they know that most will go over the number and make up for those that didn’t and will not say a thing so that use fee doesn’t have to be reasonable. And the tax will have a cost of existence increase yearly because of it.
Oh, and of course the state has vehicles it has to pay for, so you’ll get that increase too. And the taxpayer will have no idea how far they went and if the trip was necessary because everything is changeable. And this time they will move the odometers forward, not back as it means faster depreciation for new vehicles, electric this time.
Isn’t this fun to play the popular new game of “We’re Going To Screw You Any Way We Can.” Home version will be out soon....very soon only it won’t be your home anymore.
wy69
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