"By The Mile" driving tax

[DrLeftover]

5 May

BUENA PARK (CBSLA.com) — The California Legislature is looking at a voluntary program that would tax motorists for every mile they drive.

KCAL9’s Bobby Kaple reports that Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, introduced a bill to test out the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax because the state’s gas tax was no longer bringing in the revenue it used to due to people driving more fuel efficient vehicles.

The program is modeled after ones in Oregon and Washington.

“We want to do as Washington and Oregon have done in a much bigger state with much longer commutes…to make sure that we find out whether it would work, whether the public would like it or not,” DeSaulnier said.

It’s unknown how much the tax would be, but Oregon currently charges its volunteers 1.5 cents per mile.

“All of those things would be determined. We would let the agency determine that because this would be a voluntary program,” DeSaulnier said.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/05/05/sen-introduces-bill-to-test-out-taxing-motorists-for-every-mile-they-drive/


you have to wonder how long it would be 'voluntary'

 

[Jazzy]

The California Legislature is looking at a voluntary program that would tax motorists for every mile they drive.

Who in their right mind is going to volunteer? :s

 

[Evil Eye]

Who in their right mind is going to volunteer? :s

Accountants, economists, mathematicians. They'll work out a way to pay less by volunteering.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

The damn leftists can never find enough ways to take our money. And have enough of our money to waste. God I hate every last one of them more then any words can describe. Everything they touch turns into a crumbling ruin of waste. If this went into effect where I live I would just shut down my business before I would struggle to find out how I could survive.

 

[DrLeftover]

Excuse me, Mr. Liddy, do you have a comment?

"A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money."
- G. Gordon Liddy (born 1930)

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Next is taxing you for the air you breathe...

I am sure they are designing monitors to attach to your body for just such a thing as we speak. Or would like to. I am sure just thinking of that gives a leftist a huge thrill up his leg.

 

[DrLeftover]

You forgot the Gravity Surcharge.