you'd be surprised by how much any one in l.a. will pay to avoid that kind of a hassle. on the other fringes of the state, i'm sure you are correct- but those aren't really the people you need to tax anyways.
wouldn't it be easier to just tax gas at the pump at a higher rate? while it wouldn't would equate to equal taxes per mile per person (because of mileage variations), it would seem a lot less obtrusive. given the price of gas these days, who'd even notice a few pennies difference anyways? if we absolutely had to spend some money to make money- we could always build toll booths. same function, some of the same privacy issues (a la EZ pass etc.) but would hurt the pizza delivery drivers a lot less hard.
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you'd be surprised by how much any one in l.a. will pay to avoid that kind of a hassle. on the other fringes of the state, i'm sure you are correct- but those aren't really the people you need to tax anyways.
wouldn't it be easier to just tax gas at the pump at a higher rate? while it wouldn't would equate to equal taxes per mile per person (because of mileage variations), it would seem a lot less obtrusive. given the price of gas these days, who'd even notice a few pennies difference anyways? if we absolutely had to spend some money to make money- we could always build toll booths. same function, some of the same privacy issues (a la EZ pass etc.) but would hurt the pizza delivery drivers a lot less hard.