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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says taxing drivers by the mile "shows a lot of promise"...
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says taxing drivers by the mile “shows a lot of promise” and could be a way to fund a big infrastructure overhaul.
Couple of things here. Joe told you he wasn’t going to raise your taxes, didn’t he? He said less than $400k/year then almost immediately dropped that to $200k/year.
Now it looks like he’s dropping that to $1.00/year. LOL. If you don’t think this proposal wouldn’t effect every single person, you’re not thinking this through.
Here’s the second thing, but first the hilarious post!
Krispos42
13. I imagine it would replace the gas tax with a mileage tax
Which makes sense, considering we're transitioning to a nearly-all-electric car economy.
The fewer cars that buy gas, the fewer taxes are collected for highway infrastructure. A 3,000 pound car causes wear and tear on the road regardless of the method of propulsion, but all-electric cars don't buy the fuel that funds the highways.
I guess the best way to do this would be to base the rate on the vehicle weight (perhaps in 250-pound increments). Then instead of getting your emissions done once every couple of years you'd get your odometer read and pay your highway tax.
In Connecticut I pay 35.75 cents per gallon in federal and state taxes.
I drive about 15,000 miles a year and probably average about 27 mpg. So that's not quite $200 a year, or about 1.32 cents per mile.
My car, a Ford Focus, weighs about 3,100 pounds empty. So if we used 250-pound brackets as the method, my car would be in the 13th bracket (3,000 to 3,250). Make each bracket be about .100 cents per mile. Or 100 millicents.
If you want to drive a 5800-pound Range Rover, well, that's the 24th bracket, so 2.400 cents per mile.
If you want to zip around on an electric motorcyle that weighs 600 pounds, well, you're in the 3rd bracket, so thats .300 cents per mile.
Just spitballing here.
Ahahahahahahaha!!! If you think they’re going to eliminate one tax to implement another ... you’ve got another think coming!! LOL
Slow Joe is about to tax us coming and going and YOU voted for it! He LIED to you.
You know who this won’t affect? The wealthy.
Big, huge thread. I’m on my phone so I’m not going to bring more over.
KC