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Showing Original Post only (View all)So we do the right thing by getting hybrids, then... [View all]
https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/california-readies-pay-as-you-drive-tax-test-175305098.htmlFrom the article:
"The move makes California the largest state to explore how modern technology might replace the dwindling money from gasoline taxes used to build and maintain roads, thanks to ever-more efficient vehicles and less driving overall. Congress has been forced to fill the gap at the federal level with billions of dollars in temporary funding; in California, where residents pay 48.5 cents on the gallon in state gasoline taxes worth more than $3 billion a year, the state has borrowed from those revenues in recent years to cover shortfalls elsewhere."
Oook, so we did the right thing and got more fuel efficient, we already pay a higher gas tax than other states for "cleaner gasoline", and now here is the real kicker. The higher taxes we have been paying in order to maintain and build roads, were borrowed in order to cover other budget shortfalls... so now they want to tax every mile we drive... call me a god damn prophet, but I foresee them using this new tax to also pay for OTHER SHIT than road building and repair.
This may not be a second thought for people with good public transit (ie. san francisco, new york), but its pissing me off in LA
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Won't people start car pooling, using public transportation, and driving less, thereby
djean111
Oct 2014
#1
public transit is nice if done well, but can be a nightmare. My buddy was forced to use it when he
dionysus
Oct 2014
#55
How do we know that distance will not be the only data stored for later download?
ManiacJoe
Oct 2014
#35
I know. I just don't justify further abuses of our civil rights based on these criminal uses.
NutmegYankee
Oct 2014
#51
Do you have another plan to maintain the roads? People will still drive on them, there will still be
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#5
The money was borrowed and state regulation requires that it be repaid within 3 years.
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#10
Yes, I think a gradual increase to 20x is acceptable. U.S. PR touts the gas tax as a "pay-as-you-go"
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#14
Um, they pay for that excellent public transit through gas taxes and other revenue. You don't get
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#18
The 50th Anniversary party was a public celebration not a private one. 300,000 people walked the
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#12
Yeah, and five to six years later it was taken out of the hides of poor people
truedelphi
Oct 2014
#13
Indeed it is the governments job to throw parties for the public. Inaugurations, Fourth of July,
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#17
It's a personal choice for those with the money to make such choices.....
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2014
#31
People take jobs where they can get them and it is not easy or even plausible to
TheKentuckian
Oct 2014
#62
If you drive in traffic a lot hybrids are much more efficient than a non hybrid
Fumesucker
Oct 2014
#25
That's an exploit of a law meant to apply to heavy box trucks and the like.
NutmegYankee
Oct 2014
#53
California can't levy manufacturing taxes on products made outside its state and if
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2014
#49
If the issue is reduced tax receipts a negative cash flow would exacerbated the issue. nt
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2014
#57