California Is Developing Ann App That Will Eventually Be Used To Tax All Drivers By The Miles They Drive (gallon, Marines)

[Mr. Joshua]

Originally Posted by lepoisson

Seems fair to me. You pay for the amount of electricity you use, right? Shouldn't you pay for how much you drive?

Well geez, who's paying for the roads now?

[ryanst530]

If the privacy concerns can be solved, what could be more fair? Pay for what you use.

Not everyone likes to be nickel and dimed for everything in life.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Originally Posted by redwood66

Will there be an app for bicycles that use the expensive to retrofit bike lanes as well?

It's the right thing to do. Let the tiny number bicyclists pay for the trails and lanes ONLY open to them.

[ryanst530]

Does California ever stop finding new ways to rake in more tax money? I generally don't have a problem paying higher taxes, but I want to SEE something for those tax dollars... we are already one of the highest taxed states in the country and have little to show for it.

[lionking]

divert welfare taxes and use it to pay for the roads how about that? Divert money for supporting illegal aliens and use it to fix the roads how about that? Instead of finding ways to nail the citizen with MORE taxes

[lionking]

Originally Posted by evilnewbie

I thought it was about the environment? Guess it was really about the money.... and using the environment as a front... I wonder if liberals have ever tried that tactic on anything else... like.................... global....... warming?

yep....

[FatBob96]

Originally Posted by Jimmyp25

Have these communist socialists truly lost their minds? Looks like the sinking ship may sink faster than originally thought.

They want to implement it by 2025.....



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LOL......I've been to California.

California drivers burn more gas and create more pollutants sitting in gridlocked traffic than they do actually going anyplace.

If they want to actually generate income, they should charge per minute of engine idling.

[FatBob96]

Originally Posted by lepoisson

Seems fair to me. You pay for the amount of electricity you use, right? Shouldn't you pay for how much you drive?

Ummmm......no.

When you pay for electricity, you are paying for the energy you are using.

The correct analogy for motor vehicles would be paying for the gasoline.

So it would be triple dipping applying that logic to cars by :

1.paying for the gas.

2. taxing the gas on top of it.

3. taxing per mile of actually using the gas.

You don't pay taxes based on how much electricity you use, only the energy itself.

[lepoisson]

Originally Posted by FatBob96

You don't pay taxes based on how much electricity you use, only the energy itself.

Guess you haven't seen a utility bill recently. There are taxes upon taxes upon taxes.

My gas bill is $35 in the summer with zero usage because of all the fees and taxes.

I'm okay with tolls as long as other taxes are decreased. But I'm assuming the latter will never happen.

[FatBob96]

Originally Posted by lepoisson

Guess you haven't seen a utility bill recently. There are taxes upon taxes upon taxes.

My gas bill is $35 in the summer with zero usage because of all the fees and taxes.

I'm okay with tolls as long as other taxes are decreased. But I'm assuming the latter will never happen.

Yeeesh......thank God I belong to an electric co op in a Red State.