obama wants to tax miles driven, put GPS tracking devices in your car... (interstate, Barack Obama)

[lamexican]

Looks like only one person actually read the article. This thread says alot about how easily led the wingnuts are. let me quote the article. You wingnuts should actually click the links before going on a bogus rant. You made fools of yourselves here on thiis thread.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will not adopt a policy to tax motorists based on how many miles they drive instead of how much gasoline they buy, his chief spokesman said Friday.
Press secretary Robert Gibbs commented after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told The Associated Press that he wants to consider the idea, which has been proposed in some states but has angered many drivers.
"It is not and will not be the policy of the Obama administration," Gibbs told reporters, when asked for the president's thoughts about the policy and LaHood's remarks.

[arctichomesteader]

Originally Posted by lamexican

Looks like only one person actually read the article. This thread says alot about how easily led the wingnuts are. let me quote the article. You wingnuts should actually click the links before going on a bogus rant. You made fools of yourselves here on thiis thread.

Backstepping, trying to limit the damage, when they noticed the reaction.

[lamexican]

Originally Posted by arctichomesteader

Backstepping, trying to limit the damage, when they noticed the reaction.

Yeah sure he is and thats why you linked evidence that says the opposite. Interesting tactic.

[karfar]

Let it go arctichomesteader, it's not a law, nothing has been done w/it, it's all heresay.

[arctichomesteader]

Originally Posted by lamexican

Yeah sure he is and thats why you linked evidence that says the opposite. Interesting tactic.

Transportation secretary suggests it be done, people get mad, a spokesperson denies it's being planned. Not hard to see what's going on there except to the extreme diehard obama supporters who will never admit to anything bad about him...

[Awakening Escapade]

Tax Based on Mileage a Bad Idea

Some poor might not own cars and not have the gas to travel and therefore not be affected by such a tax. Others have low paying jobs where they need to drive to get the small paycheck they earn, such as for delivering food. Some people from poorer areas are driving to wealthier areas to have a better paying job to be able to provide for their families.


People who are wealthy often fly to vacation destinations. They can afford to hire help to take care of ailing family members or place them in lovely care facilities.

In contrast, the middle class often can't afford the luxury of flying for a vacation and drive to their destinations. Those less fortunate spend time driving back and forth to care for family members on their own.

Delivery workers and businesses based on having workers travel will be hit hard with such a tax.

Such a tax would not take into consideration those who drive more eco-friendly vehicles and are trying to do their part for the environment.

Nor does it force a wealthy person who chooses to buy gas a guzzling “Hummer” to drive around town to pay the same tax -as someone who uses an equal amount of gas per week driving to and from work in their eco-friendly car.

This kind of a tax would be unfair. Those who drive a lot purchase more gas therefor are paying a larger portion of the road tax already, every time they fill their gas tanks.

This tax is not good for the struggling middle class.

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Part 2-

If anyone was going to do something like this, it'd be much cheaper to track mileage by just requiring mileage to be recorded during inspections or renewing registrations. It doesn't have to be an expensive GPS plan.
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Part 3
I have plenty of faith that President Obama is not going to implement such a plan.

He has assigned a task force to watch over how things affect the middle class. They started a
website called A Strong Middle Class

We can all give input into what such a plan would mean to us personally.

I have faith in President Obama and believe that he wants what is best for the middle class.
That isn't to say that he has all the answers or that things will improve quickly.
I just have faith that he wants what is best for his children and future generations.

[lamexican]

Originally Posted by arctichomesteader

Transportation secretary suggests it be done, people get mad, a spokesperson denies it's being planned. Not hard to see what's going on there except to the extreme diehard obama supporters who will never admit to anything bad about him...

Yet your only evidence says the opposite. Give it up.

[Old Gringo]

Originally Posted by arctichomesteader

Orwell here we come:

Transportation chief eyes taxing miles driven - White House- msnbc.com

um...

Have you looked at your link?


LaHood's talk of mileage tax nixed

White House and Transportation spokeswoman say idea won't be used

[compJockey]

Obama nixes plan to tax motorists on mileage (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090220/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/lahood_vehicle_mileage_tax - broken link)
That was the first article I read this morning.
Then I see there's a post here claiming exactly the opposite.
Crazy.

[Pug Life]

Originally Posted by arctichomesteader

Orwell here we come:

Transportation chief eyes taxing miles driven - White House- msnbc.com

Sorry, but there is no chance in hell this would ever happen. The costs of setting up such a program would be obscene, and it would simply make no sense with their whole environmentalist side to tax the miles and not the gas. Think about it, this would punish those with Priuses and reward those with Hummers. Say you have a Prius owner and a Hummer owner, both people drive 100 miles a week, it's taxed at a penny a week, they both get charged the same. But the Hummer uses 10 gallons to the Prius' 2.5, so a gas tax would charge the Hummer driver 4 times as much. Why would The Party of the Prius (finding a Prius without an Obama sticker is a very tough task) punish its drivers while giving relief to those who abuse the environment with gas guzzlers?