I really hope they do this because now the fuel tax is hidden and once people get a monthly bill, they may actually do something to vote out the people trying to overtax them:
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.
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How does Michele propose paying for roads and infrastructure when people begin driving electric cars or other alternative energy vehicles? Didn't think that quite through did you Michele?
The gas tax is revenue that the government needs to keep our roads up. (Pssst.... many people are employed from road work). I prefer to pay a tax on an item I am using - the road, than one that gets taxed when I'm not using it -- gas that burns while idling.
Poor Michele. THINKING IS HARD :(
http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/newsDetail.php?newsID=243
This sounds like a GREAT idea! Keep these blogs coming, Michele. Fianlly, someone is doing something smart about taxes and road usage.
Works for me. The fairest tax is one that is based on actual usage. It also encourages conservation.
"How does Michele propose paying for roads and infrastructure when people begin driving electric cars or other alternative energy vehicles?...THINKING IS HARD"
It must be, kelly. How does the government pay for roads with a fuel tax when everyone is using electric cars?
"How does Michele propose paying for roads and infrastructure when people begin driving electric cars or other alternative energy vehicles?
I would suspect that paying by the mile, rather than by gallons used would do the trick. That way, the person driving the electric car would be paying for the same amount of use that a person driving a gas hog would use.
THINKING IS HARD"
um...yeah. Evidently.
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