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lonestarnot

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47. What, you just noticed richie rich stealing everything?

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Sun Oct 19, 2014, 01:05 PM

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So we do the right thing by getting hybrids, then... [View all] GummyBearz Oct 2014 OP

Won't people start car pooling, using public transportation, and driving less, thereby djean111 Oct 2014 #1

We already do GummyBearz Oct 2014 #2

Metro Tweedy Oct 2014 #4

I tried GummyBearz Oct 2014 #8

Yuck Tweedy Oct 2014 #16

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

CalTrain on the SF Peninsula is at capacity Retrograde Oct 2014 #59

A mileage tax is a reasonable thing to replace the gas tax with. ManiacJoe Oct 2014 #3

It's not a "right to privacy" compatible proposal. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #20

It is neither compatible nor noncompatible. ManiacJoe Oct 2014 #24

How do we know that only distance traveled will be all that's downloaded? NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #28

How do we know that distance will not be the only data stored for later download? ManiacJoe Oct 2014 #35

The people writing the specs will be the manufacturers and Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #38

You think you have privacy now? rogerashton Oct 2014 #26

I don't carry my cellphone with me every place I go. nt NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #27

When you do carry it rogerashton Oct 2014 #37

Check the link rogerashton Oct 2014 #50

I know. I just don't justify further abuses of our civil rights based on these criminal uses. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #51

How is that an argument? woo me with science Oct 2014 #61

In economic terms, opportunity cost=zero. rogerashton Oct 2014 #64

The government already knows your mileage driven. meaculpa2011 Oct 2014 #40

What yearly inspection? NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #41

What is this yearly inspection you talk about? GGJohn Oct 2014 #42

New York requires yearly inspections for... meaculpa2011 Oct 2014 #45

I guess I live in one of those states that don't require a yearly insp. GGJohn Oct 2014 #46

That still is only giving a pure odometer reading. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #52

Do you have another plan to maintain the roads? People will still drive on them, there will still be Luminous Animal Oct 2014 #5

Yes GummyBearz Oct 2014 #7

The money was borrowed and state regulation requires that it be repaid within 3 years. Luminous Animal Oct 2014 #10

Do you live in the LA area? GummyBearz Oct 2014 #11

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

... GummyBearz Oct 2014 #15

Um, they pay for that excellent public transit through gas taxes and other revenue. You don't get Luminous Animal Oct 2014 #18

fail GummyBearz Oct 2014 #23

Why not just fund them with general fund taxes? NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #22

It really is a pisser. truedelphi Oct 2014 #6

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

Anarchy by the rich IIstfeminyes Oct 2014 #9

This "right thing" by "getting hybrids"...how is that exactly? flvegan Oct 2014 #19

Its a personal choice GummyBearz Oct 2014 #21

It's a personal choice for those with the money to make such choices..... Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #31

Welcome to the thread. GummyBearz Oct 2014 #32

Not an option for everyone. delta17 Oct 2014 #48

People take jobs where they can get them and it is not easy or even plausible to TheKentuckian Oct 2014 #62

yea GummyBearz Oct 2014 #66

when was the last time public transport paid for itself. Travis_0004 Oct 2014 #67

Is it clear that hybrids are good for the environment? rogerashton Oct 2014 #65

If you drive in traffic a lot hybrids are much more efficient than a non hybrid Fumesucker Oct 2014 #25

Inefficient, Costly, Deadly Martin Eden Oct 2014 #29

ok... GummyBearz Oct 2014 #30

I was thinking light rail ... Martin Eden Oct 2014 #33

No need, someone beat you to it NickB79 Oct 2014 #36

Maybe vehicles should be taxed by weight? alarimer Oct 2014 #34

Good point meow2u3 Oct 2014 #39

The sad thing GummyBearz Oct 2014 #43

That's an exploit of a law meant to apply to heavy box trucks and the like. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #53

Use a stick and carrot approach. mmonk Oct 2014 #44

California can't levy manufacturing taxes on products made outside its state and if Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #49

Then I suppose some sort of tax credit for the purchasers mmonk Oct 2014 #56

If the issue is reduced tax receipts a negative cash flow would exacerbated the issue. nt Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #57

But wouldn't reducing polluting cars be a goal behind the idea in the first place? mmonk Oct 2014 #58

What, you just noticed richie rich stealing everything? lonestarnot Oct 2014 #47

Another reason... bobclark86 Oct 2014 #54

Excellent GummyBearz Oct 2014 #60

Another regressive taxation... Orsino Oct 2014 #63

I don't know how this would work for older cars? LeftyMom Oct 2014 #68