Repeat after me, Slave!
NC Sez: It’s not, nor has it ever been about fuel consumption if Big Bubby will so easily dump this “gov’t program to create more gov’t jobs” fuel tax! Taxes are about growing gov’t and controlling YOU and that’s all it’s ever been about! Why do Progressives so easily buy the lie? Here is a link to how to get a GPS Jammers! America! It’s time to fight back if our children are to have any America left!
by Steve Everly | The Kansas City Star
The year is 2020 and the gasoline tax is history. In its place you get a monthly tax bill based on each mile you drove — tracked by a Global Positioning System device in your car and uploaded to a billing center.
What once was science fiction is being field-tested by the University of Iowa to iron out the wrinkles should a by-the-mile road tax ever be enacted.
Besides the technological advances making such a tax possible, the idea is getting a hard push from a growing number of transportation experts and officials. That is because the traditional by-the-gallon fuel tax, struggling to keep up with road building and maintenance demands, could fall even farther behind as vehicles’ gas mileage rises and more alternative-fuel vehicles come on line.
The idea of shifting to a by-the-mile tax has been discussed for years, but it now appears to be getting more serious attention. A federal commission, after a two-year study, concluded earlier this year that the road tax was the “best path forward” to keep revenues flowing to highway and transportation projects, and could be an important new tool to help manage traffic and relieve congestion.
NC Sez: Here is yet another example of UNELECTED bureaucraPs making decisions that affect YOUR life! Are you going to put up with this? What do we need elections for if bureaucrats will be giving carte blanche authority to make all our decisions for us?
The decision by the 15-member National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission was unanimous, which surprised Robert Atkinson, the group’s chairman. But he said it became clear as the commission’s work progressed that a road tax on miles traveled was the best option.
“If you’re committed to the system being improved then it was a no-brainer,” he said.
Alexei Forbes
on Jul 2nd, 2009
@ 9:32 am:
Our Public SERVANTS intend to monitor our every action and movement.
Welcome to George Orwell’s nightmare.