Eliminate gas tax for mileage Tax?

[seamusnh]

Originally Posted by EinsteinsGhost

Instead of mileage tax, I would recommend replacing the current flat tax system with a sales tax like system (a set percentage of price as opposed to fixed state/fedeal tax per gallon regardless of pricing).

It is good that this was not the case when gas was $4/gallon. At $1.80, the sales tax on gas is equivalent to 25% in my state ($.18 federal and $/18 state). That is higher than any other sales tax I pay. If it were 25% last year instead of a flat rate, gas would have been $5 per gallon instead of $4. We should not have any incentives for the government to want gas prices to be high...

[no_gps_for_me]

I would save a bunch of money with this new tax. I would be rewarded for driving less miles in my non-fuel efficient vehicles. It would save me a fortune in taxes on the fuel that I use in lawn tractors. Also, it would save me taxes on the fuel that I pour into my customers on and off road vehicles. However, I would not submit to having GPS devices installed in my vehicles regardless of the savings, I would walk first. I say let the legislators be the guinea pigs for say.....the first five years or so.

[ferretkona]

Remember, if any change in taxation will only mean more taxes collected. No change as ever resulted in less tax.