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Everyone needs to pay their share. <WOW>
The change would raise the price at the pump by about 5 cents per gallon, said Gottlieb. The typical driver would pay about $27 a year more in gas taxes because of it, he said.
The tax increase would be bigger for diesel fuel, rising by about 10 cents a gallon. That's aimed at having semitrailers and other heavy vehicles pay more because they put more wear on roads, Gottlieb said. Owners of passenger vehicles that use diesel fuel would be able to claim a credit to offset some of the fuel taxes they would pay.
The annual vehicle registration fee would remain flat, at $75 a year. But those who drive hybrid and electric vehicles would have to pay an additional fee of $50 a year. That is meant to ensure those drivers pay their share for roads because they use less fuel and thus pay less in gas taxes, Gottlieb said.
When you buy a gallon of gas there is tax applied, on average about 52 cents. That is used to pay for roads, it's one of the fairer taxes we have. These cars are not paying that tax, if they expect to use the road they need to pay their fair share.
You're complaining about $50? That's about what the average person driving a gas vehicle will pay in tax with 6 or 7 fillups.
When you buy a gallon of gas there is tax applied, on average about 52 cents. That is used to pay for roads, it's one of the fairer taxes we have. These cars are not paying that tax, if they expect to use the road they need to pay their fair share.
Hybrids most certainly are paying fuel tax. Our hybrid gets about 36-40 mpg, not exactly using no gas.
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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Take from the haves. Give to the have nots. Everybody has a pony in this race. "You didn't build that. Someone else made it happen." I've heard this before.
The President, in his nationwide address last night, said $980 million would be raised by charging fees to users of the nation's waterways, airports, airways, ports and other facilities maintained by the Government. That is about a third of the $3.3 billion that the Government says it costs annually to provide the services.
Hybrids most certainly are paying fuel tax. Our hybrid gets about 36-40 mpg, not exactly using no gas.
And some people are getting 100 and 200MPG if they are only using them for short trips. Anybody with hybrid is still paying some fuel tax but certainly not as much as someone else with a gasoline powered car, all electric vehicles pay $0. Ideally the fuel tax is replaced with a per mile tax based on the weight of the vehicle.
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