Baron Von Murderpaws
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Evan Burroughs has spent eight years touting the virtues of an Oregon pilot program charging motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather than the gas it guzzles, yet his own mother still hasn't bought in.
Margaret Burroughs, 85, said she has no intention of inserting a tracking device on her Nissan Murano to record the miles she drives to get groceries or attend needlepoint meetings. She figures it's far less hassle to just pay at the pump, as Americans have done for more than a century.
“It’s probably a good thing, but on top of everybody else’s stress today, it’s just one more thing,” she said of Oregon's first-in-the-nation initiative, which is run by the state transportation department where her son serves as a survey analyst.
WHERE are fuel taxes "plummeting"????? WHERE!?!
NOT IN THIS COUNTRY THEY AREN'T!!
I'm 60 years old, and I've NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER seen fuel taxes go DOWN..........ONLY UP, and UP, and UP!!
I'm sure these construction companies that drive hundreds of miles to get to a job will have a LOT to say about this!
This is nothing short of EXTREME CORRUPT AND PSYCHOTIC GREED!
WHY charge .25 cents a GALLON for gas, when you can charge .25 cents PER MILE?
If taxes are ILLEGAL in this country, WHY are there SO MANY OF THEM, and WHY are they always GOING UP??
Margaret Burroughs, 85, said she has no intention of inserting a tracking device on her Nissan Murano to record the miles she drives to get groceries or attend needlepoint meetings. She figures it's far less hassle to just pay at the pump, as Americans have done for more than a century.
“It’s probably a good thing, but on top of everybody else’s stress today, it’s just one more thing,” she said of Oregon's first-in-the-nation initiative, which is run by the state transportation department where her son serves as a survey analyst.
As fuel taxes plummet, states weigh charging by the mile instead of the tank
Evan Burroughs has spent eight years touting the virtues of an Oregon pilot program charging motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather than the gas it guzzles, yet his own mother still hasn't bought in. Margaret Burroughs, 85, said she has no intention of inserting a tracking device...
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WHERE are fuel taxes "plummeting"????? WHERE!?!
NOT IN THIS COUNTRY THEY AREN'T!!
I'm 60 years old, and I've NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER seen fuel taxes go DOWN..........ONLY UP, and UP, and UP!!
I'm sure these construction companies that drive hundreds of miles to get to a job will have a LOT to say about this!
This is nothing short of EXTREME CORRUPT AND PSYCHOTIC GREED!
WHY charge .25 cents a GALLON for gas, when you can charge .25 cents PER MILE?
If taxes are ILLEGAL in this country, WHY are there SO MANY OF THEM, and WHY are they always GOING UP??