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No. Two years is too long. People move around - some fees will be missed. And the registration folks are already collecting an annual fee and have all the systems in place to do this.
No. Two years is too long. People move around - some fees will be missed. And the registration folks are already collecting an annual fee and have all the systems in place to do this.
It would just be an added fee to something people have to do already in the state every two years.
Theoretically Oregon is going to get atleast a 50% increase in revenue from any car that gets 30 miles to the gallon or less.
I am not getting how this is invasive or what ever you guys want to call it. Every time you take your car to a dealer, they record your mileage.
This is the state tracking every mile and motion of your vehicle.
I suppose you've never heard of this:
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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Oregon is moving ahead with a controversial plan to tax motorists based on the number of miles they drive as opposed to the amount of fuel they consume, raising myriad concerns about cost and privacy.
The program, springing out of a recently signed bill, is expected to launch in 2015 on a volunteer basis. But it’s charting relatively new territory, and other states aching for additional tax revenue are sure to be watching closely to see whether to imitate the model.
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The Oregon plan -- approved and signed into law this year by the state’s Democrat-run government -- would replace the 30-cents-a-gallon state tax with one for 1.5 cents a mile, for those participating.
Yuck. Who wants the government snoops tracking where they go?
This is what you get when you try to increase tax revenue OUTSIDE of what should occur - which is getting people jobs, increasing the economy and the GDP, etc.
The voluntary aspect will become mandatory. That's a no-brainer.
At least they are not keeping both consumption and gas purchase taxes... yet...
Good, now I have an excuse to by that haunted Plymouth Fury with the odometer that goes backwards I've had my eye on.
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