AP Interview: Transportation secretary says taxing how much we drive may replace gasoline tax
WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he wants to consider taxing motorists based on how many miles they drive rather than how much gasoline they burn — an idea that has angered drivers in some states where it has been proposed.
Gasoline taxes that for nearly half a century have paid for the federal share of highway and bridge construction can no longer be counted on to raise enough money to keep the nation's transportation system moving, LaHood said in an interview with The Associated Press.
"We should look at the vehicular miles program where people are actually clocked on the number of miles that they traveled," the former Illinois Republican lawmaker said.
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A blue-ribbon national transportation commission is expected to release a report next week recommending a VMT.
The system would require all cars and trucks be equipped with global satellite positioning technology, a transponder, a clock and other equipment to record how many miles a vehicle was driven, whether it was driven on highways or secondary roads, and even whether it was driven during peak traffic periods or off-peak hours.
And say goodbye to new car sales, as everyone rushes out to purchase "pre-chip" used cars......You'll probably be required to drive a gubmint issued Prius....for which you will pay a huge tax.
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Say goodbye to the Fourth Amendment, ladies and gentlemen.
You'll probably be required to drive a gubmint issued Prius....for which you will pay a huge tax.
Just wait until solar energy becomes popular...they'll tax the amount of sunlight that you receive.
Just wait until solar energy becomes popular...they'll tax the amount of sunlight that you receive.They're already working on a way to tax the CO2 you exhale.
Didn't 0Bama say something in the last week or so, about Americans living to spread out? This tax would seem like it fits right in with that idea. Let's put the GPS unit on Air Force 1, Marine 1 and his pimpmobile and have the locations and mileage and cost to the taxpayers for the travel available online before doing this to everyone else.
Elections have consequences.
President Obama just recently called GOP Transportation Secretary nominee Ray LaHood one of his “favorite Republicans.â€
Er, uh, um, not anymore:QuotePresident Barack Obama on Friday rejected his transportation secretary’s suggestion that the administration consider taxing motorists based on how many miles they drive instead of how much gasoline they buy.It’s the Emily Litella presidency. All together now: Neeeeeever mind.
“It is not and will not be the policy of the Obama administration,†White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters, when asked for the president’s thoughts about Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s suggestion, raised in an interview with The Associated Press a daily earlier.
Gasoline taxes that for nearly half a century have paid for the federal share of highway and bridge construction can no longer be counted on to raise enough money to keep the nation’s transportation system moving, LaHood told the AP.
“We should look at the vehicular miles program where people are actually clocked on the number of miles that they traveled,†the former Illinois Republican lawmaker said in the AP interview.
LaHood spokeswoman.
Hell, this is just an opening for entrepreneurs. Think of the money you could make in the black market sensor removal business.
Well, if this scheme by The Anointed One's mis-administration does take effect, Americans of all economic means will be hurt as companies that transport goods and services over the road will raise the cost of doing so to counter the tax burden. It might even cause some transport companies to go out of business, leading to further people on unemployment.
Well, if this scheme by The Anointed One's mis-administration does take effect, Americans of all economic means will be hurt as companies that transport goods and services over the road will raise the cost of doing so to counter the tax burden. It might even cause some transport companies to go out of business, leading to further people on unemployment.We both live 40 miles from work...(80 miles apart was the closest we could get our jobs). With all that's been suggested, we'd be better off quitting both jobs and letting Pres. Obama pick up the tab for our mortgage and living expenses.
We both live 40 miles from work...(80 miles apart was the closest we could get our jobs). With all that's been suggested, we'd be better off quitting both jobs and letting Pres. Obama pick up the tab for our mortgage and living expenses.
You could always just ride your free pony to work.