California considering plan to replace gas tax with charge per mile driven

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

They did a huge construction project where I live, and I almost live in the sticks. I see nary a car on this road. I asked this merchant friend if the traffic improved his business, and he said no.

There is no shortage of money now for such things. They just waste it.

 

[phill4paul]

The "liberty lovers" that agree with this will change their tune when they come under investigation because GPS shows them in the vicinity of a certain crime. It is just another tool for the government to track everyone's whereabouts. Period. There is, and has always been, enough money to take care of the road system if the revenue collected for it had been spent on it. Instead of...everything else.

 

[ghengis86]

If it is NOT about control, why not an odometer check at yearly registration? Oh that's right; maximum revenue extraction and control while allowing the absolute minimum illusions of "freedom" to keep the sheep from turning on their masters.

 

[osan]

This is actually a Libertarian solution.

This is actually just another wrong conclusion.

What crap. Consider this:

"Public concerns, you never get rid of them, they never go away, but you can calm them down if you make the right choices," said James Whitty, who manages the program for the Oregon Department of Transportation.

No mention of what that really means, given "right" predicates upon the goal in question, which is not stated. It could be any of quite a few things.

Nobody is putting such a device into my vehicle. If they do, I will sheathe it in a Faraday cage. Let's see what they have to say about that.

 

[Weston White]

This is actually Libertarian liberal solution.

FTFY

 

[oyarde]

Current fuel taxes should be enough .If not , you need better employees .

 

[squarepusher]

Current fuel taxes should be enough .If not , you need better employees .

I think the problem is, eletric cars and hybrids don't use or use less gas. So those greenies aren't paying for their "share" of the road. As I mentioned above, considering how "green" California claims to be, I am surprised they are cracking down on greenies, you would think they would have just raised the gas tax on the gas drivers to cover that.

 

[acptulsa]

I think the problem is, eletric cars and hybrids don't use or use less gas. So those greenies aren't paying for their "share" of the road. As I mentioned above, considering how "green" California claims to be, I am surprised they are cracking down on greenies, you would think they would have just raised the gas tax on the gas drivers to cover that.

Oh, come on. You act like the media would talk about the environment 24 hours a day if there was no money in it.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

The "liberty lovers" that agree with this will change their tune when they come under investigation because GPS shows them in the vicinity of a certain crime. It is just another tool for the government to track everyone's whereabouts. Period. There is, and has always been, enough money to take care of the road system if the revenue collected for it had been spent on it. Instead of...everything else.

THIS