Funding for our highway infrastructure is currently supported via a fuel tax - 18.4 cents per gallon of gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon of diesel.
Mayor Pete's proposal is to move to a tax on miles driven rather than fuel consumed.
Isn't the amount of fuel used to drive from point A to point B still a somewhat useful indicator of the distance from point A to point B? Granted, big cars use more fuel than small cars, but shouldn't small cars pay less anyway? They impose less wear and tear on the roads, after all.
How will we track the mileage that everyone drives? Maybe the people who brought us election integrity would like us to use the honor system.
Another possibility would be to legislatively require every car manufacturer to include mileage recorders - rather like flight recorders for airplanes.
Whenever an automobile is driven, its mileage will be recorded and automatically reported to the IRS. What could be easier? Now, which one is the mileage recorder fuse again?
Putting aside the Orwellian implications of this - would that mean that I pay a mileage tax when I walk from by bedroom to the kitchen? how about when I walk the dog? these minor inconveniences are easily remedied by directing people to turn off their cell phones while walking - just as they'll be doing when they're driving.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/01/so_now_were_going_to_tax_miles_driven.html
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