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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."
Double fucking is the proper term.
Isn't this already covered by the gas tax, which is inherently incurred on a "per mile" (gallon, really) basis?
Anything that can be taxed, will. Those things which can not be taxed will be fined.
None of that matters. This tax will only apply to those making over $250,000/yr.
"I can make a firm pledge under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."
--Barrack Obama
There is no "I disagree" mod for a reason. Flamebait, Troll, and Overrated are not substitutes.
The "Interstate Commerce Clause" is an easy way to declare everything unconstitutional without really thinking about it, but the logic falls apart pretty quickly.
The gasoline that you pump into your car is distilled from oil supplies, most of which come from out of state.
If those oil supplies dried up, you and every other American would be totally screwed.
That's why the United States of America maintains a global military presence, keeping shipping lanes open, and ensuring oil supplies are "stable". Every once in a while an especially corrupt President invades a country like Iraq for oil, but that's not really the subject here.
The point is that the gasoline you pump into your car, upon which the infrastructure of the entire country is founded, doesn't come from Arkansas. And I guarantee a good portion of the roads you drive on were built with federal money.
It makes alot more sense to me to tax the Oil than vehicle miles traveled, but I'm not a Republican... I don't like to continually victimize the people who least deserve it.