Oregon to Start taxing Your Mileage?
Wow. Now this is change we can all get behind. Has this country completely lost its mind?!?
So here are the basics; local governments have been raking in truckloads of money collected from gas taxes. That is a problem for a number of reasons. People are just driving less which translates to fewer fill-ups. People are buying more fuel efficient cars which translates to fewer fill-ups. I know that I have been just slowing down, changing my driving habits to get better mileage out of my existing car. I have heard a number of other people doing the same. All of this means less money in the government coffers. So this is the perfect scheme to continue squeezing money out of us regardless of how many fill-ups we have.
So the global-warming-alarmist-green-tree hugging-freaks of the country love the idea. It will basically get people to stop driving their cars as much…which is, of course, good for the environment. Government loves the idea because this tax has nothing to do with the price of gas. It is a never ending source of revenue. Oh, and guess what? Once those GPS devices are in your car, be prepared for the automatic ticketing program to go into effect. While we are at it, we may as well govern cars speed limits and levy massive fines if you drive over 55 right?
Where does this end? People, wake up. Two things are certain in life; death and taxes and as far as the government is concerned, the more taxes the better. Taxing people out of their cars is an idiotic idea. Taxation does NOT, I repeat, does NOT stimulate growth, it stifles it. What do you think is going to happen to all those goods you buy from your favorite stores? Chances are they got there by truck (still the cheapest way to ship). Well you guessed it. The prices are going to sky rocket.