Obama “Promises” Not To Tax You On Milage
Or so, uh, they, uh, say
President Barack Obama will not adopt a policy to tax motorists based on how many miles they drive instead of how much gasoline they buy, his chief spokesman said Friday.
Press secretary Robert Gibbs commented after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told The Associated Press that he wants to consider the idea, which has been proposed in some states but has angered many drivers.
“It is, uh, not and, uh, will not be, uh, the policy of, uh, the, uh, Obama, uh, administration,” Gibbs told reporters, when asked for the president’s thoughts about the policy and LaHood’s remarks. (WT-edited for the way he actually speaks)
I wonder what the expiration date of this promise will be?
This is, as the article points out, and we in North Carolina have heard about since about 2007, an idea floating around in many states, including mine, North Carolina. What happens is, they attach a GPS to your vehicle, and then tax you on it. The cost mentioned for NC is a 1/4 cent per mile. But, does it really make sense? Good idea or bad idea?
Consider: we pay around 48 cents per gallon. My CRV gets around 18/24 (I maintain it, but, getting a little long in the tooth.) So, if I drive 18 miles around town, which is about what I drive each day to get to and from work, if they GPS’d me, I would pay 4.5 cents. Since they are sure to round up, make it 5 cents. I’ve just saved 43 cents. Sssssh. No one tell the government.
Of course, two points. 1st, the cost of GPSing everyones cars will probably be really expensive, knowing the government. Heck, they will probably send you a direct bill, or add it into your yearly auto tax. Second, does anyone think that the GPS tax will replace the at the pump tax? Yeah. Me neither.
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Posted by William Teach on February 20, 2009 7:06 pm
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Omamba promises expire upon belief.
Y’know, my dad delivers newspapers here in PA. Obviously, it requires him to drive around a lot, so he’s bound to rack up the miles over time. If this boneheaded tax came to pass here, he’d probably have to pay a good chunk of change, which would be unfortunate since he has important bills to deal with. On the other hand, he voted for Obama, so I’d say he was asking for this. *evil laugh*
Seriously, though, I can’t see any politician being dumb enough to sign off on this. Methinks voters wouldn’t stand for this, especially if gas prices increase.
Big Brother is watching you.
Generally, how far are you from your car?
Putting a GPS on your registrations means the government can track YOU.
And we get to pay higher taxes for our glorious leader’s surveillance.
The Government wants us to stop driving so much and conserve, the cost of gasoline goes up for no reason and we cut out as much as we can. Then the revenue decreases so now there are less taxes. Make cars that use less gas and the same thing happens, were do they get the money to support their endless giveaway programs? Tax the air that you breathe. It seems like we may soon be looking at the 2nd American Revolution and replace this government as described by Jefferson. No one seems to want true freedom only the cradle to grave type of government.