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How do you think? By tracking your every move. At least right now, in theory, if they want to know your movements, they either need to pull licence-reading camera (which are illegal), or your cellphone data, and the former might, but the latter definitely requires a subpoena. Given that there aren't license readers on every single street corner, the former is discontinuous and only gives a general idea. As to the latter, I can leave my phone at home. But if there's some GPS-tracking device required for every vehicle, they won't need any special process to access your complete movements.
Because the benevolent Democratic overlords know what is best for the rest of us - therefore taxes are the means to ensure they have the money needed to direct us in the right direction.
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The Tyrannical Democratic Overlords can go **** themselves AFAIC. Government's fair share of my income, calculated as the fair market value of their contribution to my income, is -20%.
I'm not a fan of increasing taxes, but this change actually makes some sense to me, and has been considered for a while. It gets to the fact that people who drive electric, hybrid and other alternative fuel vehicles end up paying less tax than others when the tax is based on gas rather than miles. Alternative fuel vehicles have just as much wear and tear on the roads as conventional vehicles do, so in general this move is aimed at making this more fair. The devil will be in the details as far as ensuring that is what happens rather than an actual increase.
Doesn't that mean those driving gas vehicles are double taxed? Why not just tax the electric /hybrids instead?
As more cars become electric, alternative funding mechanisms will have to be found. A mileage based tax is a possibility.
Well if this bill passes and the pilot program gets the money then this will become a reality within years.
Does anyone think they will be paying less tax this way ??
You will still have gasoline tax for your state part. Only the Fed part will disappear as they need every penny they can milk us for and so go after everyone via a mileage tax that they can raise to their heart's content.
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