VMT tax hidden in infrastructure bill

[Votto]

Both Democrats and Republicans agree, Americans need to pay more for being on the road. It is not good enough that taxes on gas have skyrocketed. It is not even good enough that the cost of vehicles have skyrocketed.

No, both parties are out to bleed you even more by taxing how many miles you drive.

When both parties come together to agree on something, be very afraid, and this is no exception.

Americans don't have representatives, they have task masters.

Pilot plan to tax drivers per MILE hidden in Biden's $1.2trillion deal

 

[Esdraelon]

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE NOW! These fools need to be ridiculed, publicly, then shown the door.

 

[alang1216]

Both Democrats and Republicans agree, Americans need to pay more for being on the road. It is not good enough that taxes on gas have skyrocketed. It is not even good enough that the cost of vehicles have skyrocketed.

No, both parties are out to bleed you even more by taxing how many miles you drive.

I'm a progressive and this is NOT a progressive tax, however, I like it since, as a suburbanite I don't drive nearly what a rural person would drive and they should pay for that use. If they want to live far from everyone they should pay more for their road, electricity, etc.

 

[Penelope]

The federal tax was last raised in 1993 on gasoline. The state tax is a different story. Some of the republicans as well as the democrats like the VMT.

It is hidden in Biden's infrastructure plan is false.

 

[Claudette]

I heard that had been kicked to the curb. Hope so.

 

[Oldestyle]

I'm a progressive and this is NOT a progressive tax, however, I like it since, as a suburbanite I don't drive nearly what a rural person would drive and they should pay for that use. If they want to live far from everyone they should pay more for their road, electricity, etc.

Do you really not grasp that a tax on how many miles trucks drive on our highways is going to be a tax on everything you buy out there in the suburbs, Alang? That cost is going to be passed along to you in higher prices.

 

[22lcidw]

The federal tax was last raised in 1993 on gasoline. The state tax is a different story. Some of the republicans as well as the democrats like the VMT.

It is hidden in Biden's infrastructure plan is false.

There are enormous taxes on anything to do with driving. A lot of the resources collected do not go to the roads. It goes into general funds of the governing agencies. Corruption runs amok on anything with tolls like bridges and roads. Port authorities can have a hundred vice presidents with pure patronage and they get into the business of building their versions of utopia while the guy who crosses the bridge pays exorbitant fees. Untold billions of dollars have been spent to ignite growth in poor areas and cities. With very little success or none. The Delaware River Port Authority as one example, built the Commodore Barry Bridge and was involved with the construction of a Major League Soccer Stadium in Chester, Pa. An article a couple years ago reported that these things and many others has done nothing for the city to become a growth magnate. We keep blowing money down the drain. Center City Orlando does the same thing with a neighborhood called Paramore. Billions and billions of dollars on stadiums and monopoly and city service buildings with the residents not caring a bit.

 

[Votto]

I'm a progressive and this is NOT a progressive tax, however, I like it since, as a suburbanite I don't drive nearly what a rural person would drive and they should pay for that use. If they want to live far from everyone they should pay more for their road, electricity, etc.

You are a progressive who supports a tax that is not progressive?

Don't you care about the poor?

Should we assume that poor black folk, for example, should have to pay the same as rich whitey? Or maybe roads should be for whites only.

Are you a racist?

 

[Votto]

The federal tax was last raised in 1993 on gasoline. The state tax is a different story. Some of the republicans as well as the democrats like the VMT.

It is hidden in Biden's infrastructure plan is false.

It is the birth of it. First you need to set things up.

 

[Votto]

I heard that had been kicked to the curb. Hope so.

Neither party has heard of a tax they did not like.

Trust me, it will be here before you know it and there is not a damn thing you can do about it.

 

[TNHarley]

I'm a progressive and this is NOT a progressive tax, however, I like it since, as a suburbanite I don't drive nearly what a rural person would drive and they should pay for that use. If they want to live far from everyone they should pay more for their road, electricity, etc.

Fuck those farmers, people with animals, people with land that like to live in peace, fuck those people that breathe clean air.. Naw fuck you, bigoted statist.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

I'm a progressive and this is NOT a progressive tax, however, I like it since, as a suburbanite I don't drive nearly what a rural person would drive and they should pay for that use. If they want to live far from everyone they should pay more for their road, electricity, etc.

.............."If they want to live far from everyone they should pay more ..............................."

This shows the absolute envy and hate libs have for other people.

 

[Dekster]

I'm a progressive and this is NOT a progressive tax, however, I like it since, as a suburbanite I don't drive nearly what a rural person would drive and they should pay for that use. If they want to live far from everyone they should pay more for their road, electricity, etc.

Funny you say that because when in I lived in the DC suburbs I put far more miles on every year than I did when I lived anywhere else.

 

[Maxdeath]

I'm a progressive and this is NOT a progressive tax, however, I like it since, as a suburbanite I don't drive nearly what a rural person would drive and they should pay for that use. If they want to live far from everyone they should pay more for their road, electricity, etc.

So having no clue you think it is a good idea? So you want to pay more for food? You want to pay more for water? More for electricity? And damn near everything else. Because all your water comes to your city in the middle of town and has no pipes that anyone has to drive to to fix? Your food is grown at the grocery store. thank god it isn’t trucked into the city from the country. Some farmer doesn’t have to drive anywhere to produce it. Electricity is produced right next to your house and there is no electrical grid that people have to drive to fix.
I would call you ignorant but that would be a compliment

 

[alang1216]

Do you really not grasp that a tax on how many miles trucks drive on our highways is going to be a tax on everything you buy out there in the suburbs, Alang? That cost is going to be passed along to you in higher prices.

As it should. The rest of the world uses railroads but we have built an interstate network and neglected rail even though rail is many times safer and cheaper than trucks.

 

[alang1216]

You are a progressive who supports a tax that is not progressive?

Don't you care about the poor?

Should we assume that poor black folk, for example, should have to pay the same as rich whitey? Or maybe roads should be for whites only.

Are you a racist?

I appreciate your concern for the poor and non-white but not every tax needs to be progressive and, since you're so concerned, we could offer tax rebates based on income.

 

[Votto]

I appreciate your concern for the poor and non-white but not every tax needs to be progressive and, since you're so concerned, we could offer tax rebates based on income.

I'm confused, now you want to change it to a progressive tax?

Why do you care now?

 

[alang1216]

Fuck those farmers, people with animals, people with land that like to live in peace, fuck those people that breathe clean air.. Naw fuck you, bigoted statist.

You socialist! Why shouldn't people pay for what they get? You want to be the only house at the end of a 5 mile road, don't ask me to pay for all of it. Put some skin in the game.

 

[alang1216]

.............."If they want to live far from everyone they should pay more ..............................."

This shows the absolute envy and hate libs have for other people.

You Cons, always looking for a handout from everyone else.

 

[alang1216]

I'm confused, now you want to change it to a progressive tax?

Why do you care now?

I've always cared but if a tax makes people think about public transportation, car pooling, alternative forms of transport, that is a good thing for everyone.