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Pay-per-mile tax gets test drive in Washington Legislature to augment gas tax
KUOW ^ | FEB 18, 2021 at 5:12 PM | Tom Banse

Posted on 02/28/2021 1:03:37 PM PST by cann

Washington state senators have teed up a mileage-based tax for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles as the first step toward changing how the state pays for road maintenance and other transportation needs. Policymakers expect gas tax revenue to decline long term. Oregon has been experimenting with a per-mile charge for years.

Right now, Washingtonians who own fully electric cars pay an extra $225 annual registration fee. A proposal by state Sen. Rebecca Saldaña (D-Seattle) would replace that flat fee beginning in July 2026 with a mandatory 2 cents per mile road usage charge for electric cars and plug-in hybrids.

Electric car drivers could voluntarily opt in to the pay-per-mile system a year before it becomes mandatory if they figure it would save them money.

Saldaña said it was time to move into "the future of Washington travel" and road funding as she introduced the proposal to her colleagues on the state Senate Transportation Committee on Thursday.

"We know we've had a decreasing revenue source (gas tax) for transportation and increasing need for preservation and maintenance. So, I offer this up," Saldaña said.

(Excerpt) Read more at kuow.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: automotive; tax; taxes
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1 posted on 02/28/2021 1:03:37 PM PST by cann
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To: cann

It’s never enough for these crooks. Any room left in Idaho?


2 posted on 02/28/2021 1:06:32 PM PST by dainbramaged (Windage and Elevation)
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To: dainbramaged

Boise is already ruined to my understanding.


3 posted on 02/28/2021 1:08:28 PM PST by EEGator
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To: cann

” a mandatory 2 cents per mile road usage charge for electric cars and plug-in hybrids.”

it’s only for electric cars aka rolling appliances so why should I care. Make it $3 each mile. That’ll show us gas guzzlers we’re evil s/


4 posted on 02/28/2021 1:09:32 PM PST by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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To: cann

What the difference between a pay-per-mile tax and a gas tax?


5 posted on 02/28/2021 1:09:50 PM PST by Renkluaf
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To: max americana

Because it is only a stepping stone. First, you tax the rich and then they come for you.


6 posted on 02/28/2021 1:10:37 PM PST by cann
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Saldaña (D-Seattle)

You should have known that dims love to separate you from your money because we all know everyone will be driving electrical kars./s


7 posted on 02/28/2021 1:10:48 PM PST by airdalechief
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To: dainbramaged

We already have the highest gas tax in the nation.


8 posted on 02/28/2021 1:11:46 PM PST by Parmy
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To: cann

Washington State should show their citizens what the politicians desired future is. Ban all privately owned vehicles.


9 posted on 02/28/2021 1:14:05 PM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: cann

They augment. Never replace, reduce or cancel.


10 posted on 02/28/2021 1:15:55 PM PST by plain talk
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To: cann

They are going to “fortify” the gas tax with a mileage tax.

The first rule of government club is: Never repeal a tax.

The second rule of government club is: Never repeal a tax.


11 posted on 02/28/2021 1:15:59 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The FBI used to go after communists. Now it is run by communists. The American Stasi.)
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One of the most brilliant men I ever knew worked in real estate, not houses but tracts of land. He sold and bought and developed constantly, so he was on the road all the time. He argued that because he drove so many miles he paid a tremendous amount on gas tax and therefore should get a number of his traffic violations overlooked. If he accidentally ran a stop sign or sped, his ratio of violations were no higher than the guy who just drove back and forth to work. I never could argue with that logic.


12 posted on 02/28/2021 1:17:01 PM PST by Bearshouse
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To: dainbramaged

Exactly. Governments have an insatiable appetite for more money. The further Left the government is the greater the enthusiasm for taxes and spending without restraint.

Little wonder why so many people are moving to tax free and low tax states.


13 posted on 02/28/2021 1:18:08 PM PST by Starboard
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To: cann

It will lead to mile tax for gas and Diesel engines too.


14 posted on 02/28/2021 1:19:35 PM PST by tennmountainman ( Liberals Are Baby Killers.)
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To: max americana
it’s only for electric cars aka rolling appliances so why should I care.

You should care because, once they have it, a stroke-of-the-pen will make it for all vehicles.

I guarantee you they plan on doing that. They are just counting on people like you cheering them on because why should you care?

15 posted on 02/28/2021 1:19:54 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The FBI used to go after communists. Now it is run by communists. The American Stasi.)
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To: Renkluaf
What the difference between a pay-per-mile tax and a gas tax?

They can measure your gas consumption at the pump when you replace the gas you used.

How do they constitutionally measure the miles you drove in the state? How do they exclude miles driven in other states if the family to a road trip vacation?

If they want to do this, they should eliminate the gas tax and move to tolls on the roads for everyone who drives on the road.

-PJ

16 posted on 02/28/2021 1:20:47 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: Bearshouse

“If you’re driving that much, you should be really good at it, and should never make a mistake.”


17 posted on 02/28/2021 1:22:15 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: cann

At 2 cents a a mile most of those EV’s would be lucky to contribute $50 a year, as they are used mainly in the urban areas for short drives.


18 posted on 02/28/2021 1:22:15 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: max americana
it’s only for electric cars aka rolling appliances so why should I care.

Once that is accepted, they will move on to a "mileage surcharge" for gas/diesel vehicles - for "road maintenance" (cough).

19 posted on 02/28/2021 1:22:47 PM PST by Oatka
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To: cann

The People’s Socialist Republic of Washington.


20 posted on 02/28/2021 1:22:56 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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