US Contemplating 'Vehicle Miles Traveled' Tax

dawgs72 writes "This week the Congressional Budget Office released a report saying that taxing people based on how many miles they drive is a possible option for raising new revenues, and that these taxes could be used to offset the costs of highway maintenance. The proposed tax would be enforced through the use of electronic metering devices installed on all vehicles. The mileage tax is being considered instead of an increase in the gas tax in order to tax hybrids, EVs, and conventional automobiles equally."

Comments

Re:Sounds like a headache

[Anonymous Coward]

Make cities denser, cheaper, more accessible to families with better schools & playgrounds, etc.

You can't. It's a size issue. this idea of everyone living in a city is absurd.

Bullshit. The only problem is that cities tend to have *gasp* BLACK PEOPLE in them, and we simply can't have THAT!

I thought the teabaggers were against this?

[Fujisawa Sensei]

I thought the teabaggers, (who happen to be running Congress), were against a bigger, more intrusive government?

Spend less.

[carpefishus]

Maybe they should just spend less.