Obama: Tax you by the mile

Think California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada ... Tax us by the mile.

Now some will say - this will simply substitute for the gas tax, but au contraire mon ami - if it SIMPLY substituted for the gas tax, they wouldn't need this. Plus, when they implement this, they will also keep the gas tax (who can possibly say no to revenues).

The American consumer, taxed to death by Obama - but of course, they are not called taxes.

And why not wrap a Green fee in it, to help save the planet.

Lots of new fees you can implement, but none are taxes.

[Will Obama do it - NOT this year, but he has time. After all, HE WON, GET OVER IT.]




AP Interview: Transportation secretary says taxing how much we drive may replace gasoline tax
By JOAN LOWY
Associated Press Writer
7:17 AM EST, February 20, 2009

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.

[To read the rest of the interview, click on the title link]








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