The first of these suggestions is to charge drivers based on how much they drive. This is something the Obama Administration has already tried and failed at. Another suggestions calls for traffic taxes, calling it a “congestion pricing”.
CBO’s presentation also said the government could get more money from drivers by charging them more when traffic is bad. Shirley calls that “congestion pricing.”
A third option, Shirley said, would be “allowing tolling on additional existing interstates.”
Shirley cast all three ideas not as higher taxes or fees, but as an attempt to “make federal highway spending more productive for the economy.”
What all of these things have in common is the installation of equipment on people’s cars and trucks that would measure how far they drive, while collecting those taxes via special readers that would be installed at gas stations.
As if the average American isn’t taxed enough.
If this were to pass, it wouldn’t matter if you were driving a Toyota Prius or a Dodge Viper, you would be charged regardless.
Source: washingtonexaminer.com
Oregon is just going to raise tax 1.5 cents, they know it will be hard to monitor mileage
You know, Kevin, if the federal government was really dedicated to air quality, carbon, etc. reduction, they would want to continue to encourage electric cars, and one way to do that would be to do what Oregon is doing–increase the gas tax. That further encourages high efficiency and electric vehicles. In this case, the feds slipped up and showed their true colors. It’s all about tax revenue and nothing else.
Average gasoline price (USD) per U.S. gallon as of 3/21:
Average for the whole world– $3.73
USA 2.23
Kuwait 0.88
Saudi Arabia 0.97
Russia 2.02
Mexico 3.05
Costa Rica 3.28
China 3.46
Brazil 3.92
South Korea 4.42
Spain 4.93
Cuba 5.45
UK 5.69
Norway 6.61
See the whole list here:
http://www.globalpetrolprices.com/gasoline_prices/
Next they will tax every toilet flush
Done even fuckin go there
Why in hell would you listen to an egg-head economist in the first place. They are all communists……….
The missing $ 40 million, to fix roads and bridges.